2009년 01월 08일
포르노 산업, 구제금융을 요청하다.
이제 포르노 산업까지 구제금융을 요청하고 나섰다.
이유는? 의외로 심플하다.
그들도 힘드니까... 왜 자동차는 되고 포르노 dvd는 안될까?
그런데, 문득 생각나는 한가지 의문..
경기침체 일수록 포르노 사업은 오히려 성행하여야 하는 것이 아닐까?
출처: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/porn-industry-asks-for-tart-money/
Porn kings Larry Flint and Joe Francis go begging for a bailout
Wednesday, January 7th 2009, 5:18 PM
Polk/WireImage Is the porn industry up next for a bailout? If porn titans Joe Francisand Larry Flynthave anything to do with it, it will.
Yes, ladies and gentleman, the titans of pornography are begging for a bailout.
Joe Francis, creator of the "Girl's Gone Wild" video series, and Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler, will ask Congress for a $5 billion bailout, according to TMZ.
Why does the porn industry need a bailout? Because apparently even porn is getting smacked by the recession.
XXX DVD sales have taken a hit - about a 22% hit, according to TMZ.
"With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind," Flynt is quoted as saying on TMZ. "It's time for Congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America."
Francis thinks that the porn industry deserves a bailout just like the auto and financial industries got, and he said he'll go to DC to get it, according to TMZ.
"Congress seems willing to help shore up our nation's most important businesses; we feel we deserve the same consideration," Francis is quoted as saying on TMZ.
Is the porn industry really experiencing a severe downturn? It depends on who you ask.
Francis Koenig's fund AdultVest, which invests in porn-related assets, was up 50% in 2008, according to Tom Johansmeyer's article in next month's Atlantic (as reported by The Huffington Post). But video sales are down.
"The industry's not going anywhere," Koenig says. "You've got 6 billion people on the planet," he laughs, "and they're all horny."
The porn industry generated about $12 billion in 2007, according to the Atlantic article.
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