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Porn vs The Economy

Porn vs. KOLDCASTTV US. The Economy The porn industry is at a crossroads. While its willingness to embrace new technologies once led to rapid growth, traditional porn producers now find themselves squeezed out of the market due to a rapid proliferation of providers and an abundance of free content on the web. While there is certainly money to be made in this $13 billion-a-year industry, the recession has taken its toll. Can they keep it up? "Between the DVD sales, the piracy, the free pom online and the economy, I've never seen it this bad in 25 years in the business. Vivid Entertainment founder and long time porn heavyweight Steven Hirsch Porn companies 72% investing in new technologies. A 30% drop from the $700 $1000 that performers were paid in 2008. DVD sales dropped 30% 30% last year. Amount pay-per-view sales 50% have dropped since the peak years of the mid-2000s. Drop in attendance at the Adult 20% Entertainment Expo (an annual trade show in Las Vegas). Current make-up artists' pay S100 (dropped from $250/hour). $5 Larry Flint sought a $5 billion bailout on January 8th, 2009. It was denied. DVD Sales and Rentals in 2006: $3.62 Billion Estimated in 2009: $1.81 Billion (nytimes.com) In 2006, Internet video sales reached: $2.8 Billion Estimated in 2009: $4.9 Billion (AVN) The pay site Club Jenna had 83,600 visitors in November 2009, a small number when compared to the top four free PORN sites: XVideos: 7.3 Million RedTube: 8.5 Million PornHub: 9.9 Million YouPorn: 13.7 Million YouPorn world rankings #17 Italy #18 Germany #26 Switzerland #44 United Kingdom #67 United States Still Rolling In Ft This isn't to say the industry as a whole isn't still bringing in a serious amount of money. In 2009, the New York Times estimated that the entire industry earned $13 billion. Every 30mins a pornographic video is created in the U.S. $- HIGHEST PAID ADULT PERFORMERS * Jenna Jameson ($30 million/year) Tera Patrick ($30 million/year) Maria Takagi ($2.6 million/year) * Houston ($1 million/year) * Hillary Scott ($250 thousand/year) A Star Is Porn The rise of Jenna Jameson Her company Club Jenna has made her the porn industry's first female mogul. Here are a few facts about porn's most infamous star. - The typical adult release sells 3,000 copies in the first month; a Jenna Jameson release sells 50,000 at a retail price of $50 each. (forbes.com) - Jenna pays her actresses $50,000 to $150,000 a year, plus a 3% cut of any sales over the 10,000-copy mark. (forbes.com) 1991 She worked as a stripper for $2,000 a night before reaching the age of 17 (She used a fake ID). 1993 She obtained a contract with Wicked Pictures for $6,000 a month to perform in 8-10 films per year, doing 3-4 scenes in each. 1998 She filmed 40 films for Wicked. 2001 Her salary jumps up to: $60,000 for a day and a half of filming, $8,000 a night for dancing at strip clubs, and $25,000 per night dancing. Her film, Brianna Loves Jenna (2001) cost $280,000 to make and grossed over $1 million within its first year and still sells more than 3,000 copies per month. 2004 Auto-biography, How to Make Love Like a Pornstar: A Cautionary Tale is on the New York Times Bestseller list for 6 weeks. TODAY She now rakes in an average of $30 million per year, despite not having sex on camera with a male partner (other than her husband) in Hidden seven years. Benefactors For some, it's embarrassing to admit you're a pornographer, or even in kahoots with one. But considering porn is a billion dollar industry, it should come as no surprise that more mainstream companies profit off of its content. Given the negative connotations associated with the porn industry, many of its largest benefactors keep their porn-related earnings a secret. Nonetheless, it is common knowledge that the following companies profit heavily from porn. source: PBS VFOX NEWS comcast. YAHOO! at&t Channel So who is watching? Men vs. Women Visitors to Adult sites 72% 28% Access porn at work 20% 13% Struggle with porn addiction 10% 17% And not watching? Countries Where Porn Is Banned -Traq Kuwait Iran O China Egypt Saudi Arabia India Cuba -United Arab Emirates Bahrain OMalaysia Singapore Indonesia Kenya While these countries try in vain to prevent their citizens from viewing porn, new developments in hand-held technology allow the rest of the world access to smut anytime, anywhere. Juniper Research estimates S49 that global porn revenues for handheld devices could COch billion 75% $2.8 2013, up about from about billion in 2008 KOLDCAST.TV Н FREE

Porn vs The Economy

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