Categories: Felix Dennis

The Felix Dennis Tapes, Part 4: Launching And Selling Maxim

Posted by: Jon Fine on June 04

(Part 4 in our ongoing series of interview excerpts, in which Dennis talks about starting and selling the American version of Maxim. And hints, perhaps, at the the downsides of…

The Felix Dennis Tapes, Part 3: “The Respectfulness Accorded Is Quite Astonishing, And It’s Not Earned”

Posted by: Jon Fine on June 03

(Part three in our ongoing series of interview excerpts, in which Dennis mocks American self-seriousness. Previous entries can be found here and here; a column I wrote following this interview…

The Felix Dennis Tapes, Part 2: “Robotic Sex” To Be “So Big, It’s Impossible To Compute.”

Posted by: Jon Fine on June 02

(Part two of our ongoing series of interview excerpts, wherein Dennis discloses a novel investment opportunity. Part one can be found here; a column I wrote following this interview is…

The Felix Dennis Tapes, Part 1: About That Murder Confession

Posted by: Jon Fine on May 30

My column this week, which you can find here, is about legendary magazine entrepreneur Felix Dennis. Preparation for this column necessitated reading his self-help book How To Get Rich (the…

Felix Dennis And That “Confession:” April Fool’s? Well …

Posted by: Jon Fine on April 18

“Let’s get the murder thing out of the way,” said Felix Dennis, founder of Maxim and many other magazines big and small, by way of greeting a crowd of journalism…