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Originally Posted by Nathan
I would _LOVE_ to see TRUE revenue of porn in 1990, 2000 (on and offline) compared to today (on and offline)... I bet many people would be surprised...
Paul, you live in the past, you show this all the time... Tube sites make virtually no money with dating and H&B ads today... its silly that you keep saying a way to kill tubes is to show surfers pills do not work and dating sites are fake...  |
There are no firm figures to be found, some porn companies were large companies and there finances were public domain.
My impression comes from going into people offices and homes. The Flynt building on Wilshire, Score's offices in Miami, Swank's in New Jersey, Bookpress in Holland and the offices of some UK companies. Also the offices of Scala in Holland and Silwa in Germany.
Paul Raymond made enough out of porn to become a billionaire buying up property in central London on the profits of porn. David Sullivan and David Gold buy Football teams and both very wealthy. David Sullivan bought and refurbished the biggest and most expensive private house project in the UK since WW2 on the proceeds of porn. Richard Desmond got where he is today on the profits of porn.
Never met anyone working on the Adult Internet who could match their earnings.
As for living in the past. Yes I would love to turn the clock back to 2005 and stop it there. Just like 90% of other people working on the Adult Internet I live in the past.
