Editing Larry Flynt (section)

==Flynt's enterprises==
[[File:Flyntpublications.jpg|thumb|right|LFP, Inc. headquarters in Beverly Hills]]
By 1970, he ran eight [[strip clubs]] throughout Ohio in [[Cincinnati]], [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], and [[Cleveland]].

In July&nbsp;1974, Flynt first published ''[[Hustler (magazine)|Hustler]]'' as a step forward from the ''Hustler Newsletter'', which was advertising for his businesses. The magazine struggled for the first year, partly because many distributors and wholesalers refused to handle it as its nude photos became increasingly graphic. It targeted working-class men and grew from a shaky start to a peak circulation of around three million. The publication of nude paparazzi pictures of [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]] in August&nbsp;1975 was a major coup. ''Hustler'' has often featured more explicit photographs than comparable magazines and has contained depictions of women that some find demeaning, such as a naked woman in a meat grinder or presented as a dog on a leash – though Flynt later said that the meat grinder image was a criticism of the pornography industry itself.

[[File:Hustler-hell.jpg|thumb|left|Larry Flynt's Hustler Club on West [[52nd Street (Manhattan)|52nd Street]] in New York]]
Flynt created his privately held company [[Larry Flynt Publications]] (LFP) in 1976. LFP published several other magazines and also controlled distribution of the various titles.<ref>{{cite web |title=L.F.P., Inc. |series=Company profiles |website=Dun and Bradstreet |url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.l_f_p_inc.2ceebca6dc435e65b65c0ec1a8cc3a6d.html |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref> LFP launched ''Ohio Magazine'' in 1977, and later its output included other mainstream work. LFP sold the distribution business, as well as several mainstream magazines, beginning in 1996. LFP started to produce [[pornographic movie]]s in 1998, through the [[Hustler Video]] [[film studio]], which purchased [[VCA Pictures]] in 2003. In 2014, Flynt said his print portfolio made up only 10% of his company's revenue, and predicted the demise of ''Hustler'' due to competition from the Internet.<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry Flynt: "Writing is on the wall" for ''Hustler'' print mag thanks to Internet |date=July 2014 |website=Ars Technica |url=https://arstechnica.com/business/2014/07/larry-flynt-writing-is-on-the-wall-for-hustler-thanks-to-internet/}}</ref>

On June 22, 2000, Flynt opened the [[Hustler Casino]], a card room located in the Los Angeles suburb of [[Gardena, California|Gardena]]. Other ventures which were wholly owned or licensed by Flynt or are wholly owned or licensed by LFP, Inc. include the Hustler Clubs and the Hustler Hollywood Store. LFP also publishes ''[[Barely Legal (magazine)|Barely Legal]]'', a pornographic magazine featuring young women who reportedly have recently turned 18, the minimum age for a person to appear in pornography in the US.