In fact, he had an allergic reaction if anyone ever referred to it using the ‘p’ word. Not that Carl would allow anyone to describe it that way. Or to phrase it differently, a magazine for men that was pornographic. It was only a matter of time before Carl and Drake Publishing turned their attention to the most prosaic hobby of all – sex and onanism. Drake Publishing, he said, was not interested in the search for the next big thing, but was instead focused on publications about “prosaic hobbies, such as quilting cooking, golf, tennis, arranging flowers, and woodwork.” By doing this, Carl stated he’d transformed a modest how-to book publisher into a business with 150 new titles each year. In a 1973 newspaper interview, Carl outlined the way that publishing books and periodicals had become an exercise in capitalizing on people’s niche interests. By his early 30s, Carl was running Drake Publishing, his father’s venerable, and still fairly lucrative 80+ year old company that specialized in technical textbooks. So perhaps it’s not surprising that when he launched his flagship adult magazine in May 1976, he decided to call it ‘High Society’.īorn in October 1941, Carl Ruderman graduated from New York University with a degree in International Banking and Finance. Ruderman is a regular donor to the Cancer Research and Treatments Foundation, and has long contributed to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation”). Ruderman helped unite the leaders of Egypt, Greece and Israel for a first-ever promotion of regional tourism”), and his philanthropy (“Mr. Ruderman has supported numerous governments in the development of travel education programs, and contributed to programs in Mexico, Jamaica, Spain, Israel” etc.), his influence (“Mr. Ruderman is the Chairman of Elite Traveler, which covers the hottest locations, best hotel suites, jets, and luxury watches to name just a few items,” and “whose readership annual income averages $2.2 million”), his interest in travel (“Mr.
If you look up Carl Ruderman, you’ll likely find glowing accounts of his business (“Mr. They should not to be used or reproduced for any commercial gain. Publications are being shared here purely for the purpose of research. Magazines are fully searchable use the icon displayed in each magazine to search by keyword. If you are viewing on a phone, view in landscape orientation. Due to the fact that the magazines are scanned in high definition, allow a little time for each page to load.
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Check back for more digitized adult film magazine collections soon.Ĭlick on the covers below to access the full magazines. You can find The Rialto Report‘s growing library of digitized resources by clicking ‘ Library‘ in our site navigation menu. This article was written with the assistance of a number of people who worked on the magazine in the first year. On this installment of The Rialto Report, we look back at the first year of High Society to see how the magazine started, and we have an issue-by-issue guide – including newly digitized copies of each magazine. Bolla, and Annie Sprinkle, and detailed adult film reviews. It’s initial publisher was Sue Richards, also known as adult film star ‘ Bree Anthony‘, it featured articles by Gloria Leonard, interviews with the likes of Jennifer Welles, Bobby Astyr, and Jamie Gillis, picture spreads featuring performers such as C.J.
High Society was one of the most successful adult magazines published in New York in the 1970s, and had a number of connections to the adult film industry.
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