This CAN’T Be True.
The Porn Industry wants a bailout.
“With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind,” Flynt says. “It’s time for Congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America.”
Francis sees his industry like the big three automakers, only BIGGER: “Congress seems willing to help shore up our nation’s most important businesses; we feel we deserve the same consideration.”
The Atlantic reports on the problems the Porn industry faces:
Relatively small, fragmented, and unaccustomed to outside investment, the U.S. porn industry (which generated roughly $12 billion in 2007) is somewhat buffered from today’s credit crunch, but it has its own problems. Video sales have been falling by 15 percent a year since 2005, and online content doesn’t deliver the returns it used to, now that Web sites such as RedTube and PornHub basically give it away. Struggling companies need investors to help right their operations, and those that are thriving in a brutal market need funding for growth.
Enter Koenig and AdultVest. He sees the porn downturn as temporary and believes that technological improvements will trigger a turnaround. One example: iPorn, a start-up in AdultVest’s portfolio that is developing an application to deliver porn to the Apple iPod. “The industry’s not going anywhere,” Koenig says. “You’ve got 6 billion people on the planet,” he laughs, “and they’re all horny.”
6 Billion on the planet. Surely they are not all horny. I mean, at least 1 billion of that are under the age of puberty. They aren’t horny. And another billion has to be in their 70’s. Please God they can’t be horny, too, can they?
and 3 Billion are women, many of them MUST be married…
…and be sick and tired or have headaches.
I think only 2 billion people on the planet are horny at any given time.
Don Viti has the horny of say 100,000 people.
The whole thing lost me at the first quote.
“With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind.”
This is patently false on its face. 🙂
how do i apply for my bailout of online porn bills?
I thought this industry is recession-proof. DD makes a good point. Half the world is women, perhaps they could think about things that appeal to us as well to broaden their market.
We wouldn’t need porn if our wives would have more sex with us.
Thanks for that post Pandora, it’s going to come in handy for a long time.
We have this many comments, and no one saw the humor in the porn industry facing “hard” times? 🙂
Don’t know if the article mentions it, but piracy has probably hurt the industry as much as anything else. I think the industry will adapt, as they were the first industry to make real money on the internet.
If the internets were swept away and there was only one web site left, it would be called:
www. bringbacktheporn.com
I am just happy the porn industry has graduated from the hirsute age.
Nemski, you guys need to be rationed! 😉
If the porn industry goes down, will I be able to sell my copy of “how to fuck in high heels” for lots of money on ebay?
I think you would get more for the heels.
Good one Joanne!
BTW, PDD meets tonight at 7:00 at DelDems HQ. We’re putting the finishing touches on our OOGA Campaign — Open Our General Assembly. Come and join the fun everyone!
darn – and here I thought I can turn a dust catcher into money….oh well.
Nemski: your wives are too tired ~~picking up your shit and your love affair with the computer….instead of quality foreplay.
Liz, was that an attempt at humor? If so… oh my.
BTW, Mrs. Nemski is full of energy. I’d say Nemski is very lucky, and quite aware of what he has! 🙂
Maybe someone can explain to me why we are supposed to want women to wear high heels to bed.
In 29 years, six months and 19 days of marriage, my darling bride has yet to wear high heels to bed, and somehow I’ve never missed it.
then dana you have never had her heels behind her ears and used the high heels as hand grips…or, well its probalby best you dont know all the other things