September 11, 2009 | The Biz

Porn mag shakeup

There aren't many gay porn mags left on the newsstand these days. This past May Mavety Media Group announced they were ceasing publication of  'Mandate', 'Torso', 'Honcho', 'Inches' and 'Playguy'.  And now two big names, 'Men' and 'Freshmen,' will be seen less frequently. Unzipped Media will start publishling both titles on a quarterly basis with their final monthly print run set for November.

"We're pouring all of our resources into 'Unzipped' magazine and our online premium brands. These properties have the most growth potential in our company," Unzipped Media Group Publisher Dustin Tyner said.

"We'll be increasing 'Unzipped' magazine's page count and retaining many of the most successful elements of 'Men' and 'Freshmen' in those pages. We're also really focused on producing new media content for Unzipped.net," added Executive Editor Rick Andreoli. "Our site traffic is growing tremendously so it made sense to continue the Men and Freshmen brands online and with the special editions."

Oh for the days when you could hide your porn under your mattress for a late night wank. Guess there's always the iPhone...

Unzipped Media Revamps Iconic Gay Adult Mags [XBiz]