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Larry Flynt on Condom Legislation in Porn

HUSTLER’s Larry Flynt appeared on Bloomberg TV to discuss the ongoing debate on legislated condom use in the pornography industry, including recent moves like Measure B in Los Angeles County and AB 1576 in the state of California. Mr. Flynt discussed the importance of appealing any decision that would require pornographic actors to use condoms while filming. […]

Larry Flynt: Net Neutrality Doesn’t Add Up

Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com HUSTLER’s Larry Flynt appeared on FOX Business Network to discuss President Obama’s recent comments about implementing strong rules on net neutrality. President Obama called for equal access for all consumers on all websites, which would ban cable companies and Internet service providers from slowing down content from websites who […]

Free Speech Icon Larry Flynt Decries U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell’s Paid Speech Scam

World-renowned free speech activist Larry Flynt today expressed his disgust at reports that U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell is offering volunteers all-expense paid trips to join his bus tour and “contribute to an enthusiastic atmosphere” at his campaign events.

Larry Flynt: Free Internet Porn Will Disappear

Hustler's Larry Flynt discusses how Hustler competes with free Internet pornography and the possibility of an IPO.

FROM BLOOMBERG TV: Larry Flynt: Free Internet Porn Will Disappear

Hustler's Larry Flynt discusses how Hustler competes with free Internet pornography and the possibility of an IPO.

Larry Flynt and the First Amendment

Larry Flynt, the septuagenarian publisher of Hustler magazine, is one of the most controversial figures in First Amendment jurisprudence. He is legendary for simultaneously pushing the buttons and boundaries of sexual expression in the United States while fighting key free speech fights against figures such as the late Jerry Falwell, who headed the Moral Majority and founded Liberty University.

FROM NEWSEUM INSTITUTE: Larry Flynt and the First Amendment

Larry Flynt, the septuagenarian publisher of Hustler magazine, is one of the most controversial figures in First Amendment jurisprudence. He is legendary for simultaneously pushing the buttons and boundaries of sexual expression in the United States while fighting key free speech fights against figures such as the late Jerry Falwell, who headed the Moral Majority and founded Liberty University.

The 1988 case of Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, in which Flynt scored a unanimous victory before the U.S. Supreme Court protecting an ad parody that suggested how Falwell lost his virginity, is what makes programs ranging from The Daily Show to South Park to Saturday Night Live possible. Flynt also has fought important, but far less known, federal court fights for press access to U.S. military operations in both Afghanistan and Grenada.

Flynt was interviewed July 24, 2014 at Hustler’s headquarters in Beverly Hills on the fortieth anniversary of Hustler magazine. Steve Johnson of the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications produced the video of the interview.

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HUSTLER founder is taking the porn empire public

Larry Flynt is making noises about taking his Hustler porn empire public.

FROM NEW YORK POST: HUSTLER founder is taking the porn empire public

Larry Flynt is making noises about taking his Hustler porn empire public.

The 71-year-old porn king, who has expanded well beyond his monthly magazine into Web sites, casinos, a TV network and a licensing division, thinks the business could be worth as much as $500 million.

The Los Angeles-based company is already working with “high-powered” firms to consider an initial public offering, Flynt told the Cincinnati Enquirer in a recent interview.

The IPO could come to Wall Street within 12 to 18 months, the founder and chairman of the 40-year-old publication said.

Back in 1974, Hustler magazine joined Playboy and Penthouse in a newsstand competition for male adolescent eyeballs across the nation.

The competition served all three publications well for years, but when the market turned south in the late 1990s, Flynt had the foresight to diversify.

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Larry Flynt talks about Cincinnati and sex, and answers our 12 questions

For Cincinnatians of a certain age, the idea that Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. would own a Hustler store in the Central Business District, running as innocuously as a sandwich shop or a drug store, is, well … unfathomable. And he actually runs two.