Editing Larry Flynt (section)

==''Hustler'' magazine==
In January&nbsp;1972, Flynt created the ''Hustler Newsletter'', a two-page, black-and-white publication about his clubs. This item became so popular with his customers that by May&nbsp;1972, he expanded the ''Hustler Newsletter'' to 16&nbsp;pages, then to 32&nbsp;pages in August&nbsp;1973. As a result of the [[1973 oil crisis]], the American economy entered [[recession]] and the revenues of [[Hustler Club]]s declined. Flynt had to refinance his debts or declare bankruptcy. He decided to turn the ''Hustler Newsletter'' into a sexually explicit magazine with national distribution. He paid the start-up costs of the new magazine by deferring payment of [[sales tax]]es his clubs owed on their activities.

In July&nbsp;1974, the first issue of [[Hustler (magazine)|''Hustler'']] was published. Although the first few issues went largely unnoticed, within a year the magazine became highly lucrative, and Flynt was able to pay his tax debts.<ref name=Flynt-Ross-1996/>{{rp|88, 95}} Flynt's friend [[Al Goldstein]] said that ''Hustler'' took its inspiration from his own tabloid [[Screw (magazine)|''Screw'']], but credited his comrade-in-arms with accomplishing what he had not: creating a national publication.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/GdBWpHZkPPo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150626070351/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdBWpHZkPPo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |first=A. |last=Graham |date=July 26, 2008 |title=Goldstein on Flynt, Flynt on Goldstein |medium=video short |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdBWpHZkPPo |access-date=October 26, 2017 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In November&nbsp;1974, ''Hustler'' showed the first "pink-shots", or photos of open [[vulva]]s.<ref name=Flynt-Ross-1996/>{{rp|91}} Flynt had to fight to publish each issue.  Many people, including some at his distribution company, found the magazine too explicit and threatened to remove it from the market. Shortly thereafter, Flynt was approached by a [[Paparazzi|paparazzo]] who had taken pictures of former First Lady [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]] while she was [[Sun tanning|sunbathing]] nude on vacation in 1971. He purchased them for $18,000 (approx. $98,000 in 2022) and published them in the August 1975 issue.<ref name=Flynt-Ross-1996/>{{rp|98–99}} That issue attracted widespread attention, and one million copies were sold within a few days. (Goldstein's ''Screw'' magazine had previously published nude photos of Onassis in early 1973.)<ref>{{cite web|title=SCREW PUBLISHED NUDE PAPARAZZI PHOTOGRAPHS OF FORMER FIRST LADY JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS|work=Avenue Magazine|date=May–June 2023|url=https://issuu.com/avenue_magazine/docs/avenue_may-june_2023_lr/s/24062986}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jackie Kennedy and the billion dollar nude: 50 years since the first case of 'revenge porn'|first=Martín|last=Bianchi|date=September 11, 2023|work=[[El País]] English|url=https://english.elpais.com/society/2023-09-11/jackie-kennedy-and-the-billion-dollar-nude-50-years-since-the-first-case-of-revenge-porn.html}}</ref> Now a millionaire, Flynt bought a $375,000 (approx. $2 million in 2022) [[mansion]].