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Asian Babes is a British pornographic magazine which features depictions of women of South Asian, Chinese, Japanese, and Thai origin. Pornographic magazines, sometimes known as adult magazines, sex magazines, top-shelf magazines, blue book, or pornoblads are magazines that contain content of a sexual nature, typically regarded as pornography. ... This article is about the geopolitical region in Asia. ...


The magazine was owned by Richard Desmond's Northern and Shell publishing company until its sale in 2004 as part of a package of 45 titles to Remnant Media for a reported £20 million (approximately US$39 million).[1] Private Eye cover depicting Desmond following his purchase of the Daily Express newspaper Richard Clive Desmond (born December 8, 1951) is a British publisher, current owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern and Shell plc. ... Richard Clive Desmond (born December 8, 1951) is a British publisher, current owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern and Shell plc. ... Remnant Media is a British company which owns a variety of pornographic top-shelf magazines which were acquired from Richard Desmonds company Northern and Shell. ...

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In 1983, Northern and Shell obtained the license to publish Penthouse in the United Kingdom which led to its publishing a range of adult titles,[2] Asian Babes among them. Penthouse, a mens magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and soft-core pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into hardcore. ...


In addition to the adult titles, Northern and Shell was also publishing the celebrity magazine OK! when Desmond purchased the Express Newspapers group in 2000. The Express group included the Daily Express, its sister the Sunday Express, and the Daily Star.[1] In 2004 he sought acquisition of additional "mainstream" publications—The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph, along with its sister publication The Sunday Telegraph. He was unsuccessful in his bid for The Telegraph, losing out to David and Frederick Barclay, who had long sought to own the paper.[3] OK! is a British weekly magazine, specialising in celebrity news. ... For other uses, see Daily Express (disambiguation). ... The Daily Star is a British tabloid newspaper. ... Cover of the Nov 12, 2005 issue of The Spectator magazine. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay (both born on 27 October 1934) are British businessmen. ...


Sale

Asian Babes, along with other titles such as Readers' Wives, was part of Desmond's "portfolio" of soft-porn magazines which was offered for sale in 2001 in order to provide cash to invest in the then newly-acquired Express Newspapers group. An article in BBC Online reported that some would view the sale as an attempt to distance himself from the pornography business. The piece went on to say that most analysts believed it to be only a financial move as The Fantasy Channel, Northern and Shell's adult cable channel, wasn't included in the sale.[4]


The BBC Online piece also reported that Desmond had borrowed £97 million (approximately US$190 million) for the Express group purchase and that while profitable, the portfolio only generated about £20 million (approximately US$39 million) in revenue each year. There were also concerns that some investors were reluctant to invest in porn, and that the market for such magazines was changing.[4] (Interestingly, when Asian Babes was sold in 2004, the Bank of Scotland later issued an apology for having loaned £5 million (US$9.8 million) to the buyer, Remnant Media.)[5] Headquarters on The Mound, Edinburgh The Bank of Scotland is a commercial bank in Scotland (and to a lesser extent the rest of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland). ...


Controversy

Desmond's ownership of the porn magazines was often criticized and frequently used to bolster criticism of his business practices. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, a columnist for Independent in London, England, characterized Desmond as "the seedy porn baron who gives this nation Mega Boobs and Asian Babes and other yuck and muck".[6] The column criticized the way in which Desmond had made use of the Daily Express;[7] Alibhai-Brown's column wasn't focused on Desmond's publishing activities with regard to porn; she went on to say: "Actually, I am less bothered about the porn mags than many.... I made myself look at Asian Babes and it is true that the 'babes' themselves look exceedingly full of life, not pushed into any of the poses".[6] Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (née Damji) is a Ugandan-born journalist, based in London; she only hyphenated her surname after her second marriage in 1990. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ...


Information about Desmond's ownership of Asian Babes and other adult magazines was included in a BBC Online 2004 profile[8] which spoke to the controversy surrounding his ownership of "top-shelf" (pornographic)[9] magazines at the same time he was attempting to purchase The Daily Telegraph. The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...


References

  1. ^ a b Andrew Clennell (2004-03-02). Desmond breaks links with porn as he fights for 'Telegraph'. The Independent. Independent News and Media Limited. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
  2. ^ About Northern & Shell. Northern and Shell. N&S Network. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
  3. ^ Ben Richardson (2004-06-23). Does the Telegraph bid add up?. BBC News Online Analysis. BBC. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
  4. ^ a b Desmond to sell 'adult' titles. BBC News Online: Business. BBC (2001-01-11). Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
  5. ^ Bank apologises for porn funding: The Bank of Scotland has launched a policy review after negative publicity over a deal involving pornographic magazines. BBC Online News. BBC (2004-03-22). Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
  6. ^ a b Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (2002-06-03). I can take Mr Desmond's porn but not his racism. The Independent. Independent News and Media Limited. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
  7. ^ Chris Jones (2000-11-25). Richard Desmond: Express route to respectability. BBC News World Edition. BBC. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
  8. ^ Jorn Madslien (2004-02-12). Profile: Richard Desmond. BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
  9. ^ Jorn Madslien (2006-05-07). How much should you pay for sex?. The Observer. Guardian News and Media Limited 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.

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