Ok. Well, instead of addressing my serious questions and concerns which were politely put, you have chosen to instigate anons to a bunch of name calling. Admirable.

Not really sure how you see my posts as attempting to "glorify" myself. You will have to explain that to me because otherwise that comes off as more insinuation and innuendo and is just plain snide.

If you like having peon blivet minions running around fighting your fights then I am sorry to see that. I remember when you had some pride.

Sad day in porno land.

Give yourself a one handed jerk off salute so you have a free hand to keep tickling Commandant Mike's nuts, Private Minion Aurelius!:321GFY

the answer to adult mobile also answered yours

This is fair enough, but since most people may think the contrary, you should add to every post of yours a: Disclaimer: I am not a journalist.

For example:

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Feras Antoon Wants Fabian Thylmann Out At Manwin
By Mike South (Disclaimer: I am not a journalist)

This way of obscuring the real power structure is straight out of the 1980′s Chinese political system. One thing that is becoming increasingly apparent is that Feras Antoon is one of the big shot callers if not the big one, unlike Thylmann, Antoon keeps a very low profile.
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This still communicate your message to the wide audience, but prevents disagreeing guys from urgeing to tell that this is not journalism.

Not sure why it comes of as any big surprise far-L is hanging on nathan's nuts? He's been so disappointed in the adult industry ever since he fought that acacia or whatever it was. No one helped him, his business almost died so he's now "fuck it". His website was barely profitable all these years, that now when manwin supports it (with his tubes) he's finally starting to make some money and he likes it, and feels he owes nothing to the industry. Plus, he earns credibility points with nathan. There are times in life when you have to chose between putting bread on your table and being all high and mighty, he chose the first and i can't blame him, i'd do the same.

Congrats...yer an idiot....

Stunning. You should write the book, seeing as how you are a graduate from the Mike South school of what I don't know I will just make an opinion based on what I think is true so it must be true and damn the facts school of blogger journalism.

Funny how all the lint on Mike South's nuts always turns out to make all these sort of comments to attack me personally because I challenged Mike to rise to the task of really breaking news and not just busting balls.

The funny part is CNBC compared him to Nikki Finke, and she was busted for exactly what Mike does, bending facts and lopsiding truth to suit a personal agenda and vendetta...:1orglaugh

Yeah but here's what one must keep in mind (I'm being all professorial using "one" instead of "you", hehe): there IS no "journalism" anymore.

I know because - this will come as a shock to most - but BP (Before Peabody) I was an actual, published, made-a-living-as Journalist (just ignore that past sentence and trust me). But I quit that profession around 2002 and got into this crazy game (after a few years of, ahem, 're-organization'). In the good ol' Glory Days of Actual Journalism we had things like fact checkers, legal departments, editors and even public organizations that held us accountable. Today? Well, the internet changed everything and now even the Supreme Court has ruled that a fucking NEWS organziation has no responsibility to tell the truth. In other words, the High Court said it's ok to lie.

(Not saying Mike South is a liar. LOL)

So please show me ANY "journalist" today? Those that play one on TV are more interested in breaking a story first, not in getting it right. And Bloggers, the "new journalists"? Well, some are great, some suck, but whatever they are (freelance editorial writers, I'd say) they sure as heck aren't 'journalists' in the traditional sense. But to expect them to be so is unrealistic in today's world.

I just broke some "News" for ya Far-L

and nobody else has it

Actually yer dead on the money as far as Im concerned i have said many times that I am not a jopurnalist, I have said it many times on my blog even though it should be apparent. I have said what I write is op/ed and if you read it you know thats what it is. Hell mikesouth.com loses money now, I cant hire more writers and fact checkers and what not...I do the best I can and if I may say so I get it right way more than wrong....now...if someone wants to turn mikesouth.com into a news org like maybe huffpost or something contact me....but right now I do what i can with what ive got....

which amounts to me and lots of good contacts and sources.

here I fixed this for you... :2 cents:

LOL TY man...I think ;)

Manwin still broke?

Too fucking funny! :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

That is completely ironic. In a sense you are breaking a story that you let people know up front probably won't be a story to break... unless it maybe just maybe becomes one.

I can definitely see where that sort of cutting edge breaking maybe / maybe not news could lead to a huffpo of porn deal. :upsidedow

Now, tell me how you are not being just a little bit like your ol' nemesis, the wiki porn guy who used potential disclosures in a threatening way too.

I think you should stick to AVN and XBiz they are more your style.

You sure have become snide and cantankerous and a bit haughty there Sport.

Honestly, I liked your blog when I actually thought you were telling the stories no one else dared or even tilting at the windmills like Quixote. Now I know you are just a grumpy blogger who will say anything regardless of it being true, well, it just sort of takes the fun out it.

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall - proverbs 16:18.

LOL anyone knows me knows Im far from grumpy im about the happiest guy on earth....

Cool, at the end of the day, all ribbing aside, I am glad you are back in good health and for what it is worth you still keep this biz entertaining. :thumbsup

LOL Thats my mission in life and my health is actually great Im in the gym 3 days a week and down from 238 to 210 and dropping. The knee will have to be replaced eventually but Im trying to put it off as long as possible and so far so good...

and truth is i got nothng to bitch about re my life I Fish offshore, I scuba dive, I have the best friends on earth and a job I enjoy immensely...I could have more money but I couldnt be any happier and thats the truth of it.

So to get back on topic…

How many toilets does Manwin Canada have?

not enough

Are there ever "enough?"

I heard interns aren't allowed bathroom breaks, so they might be OK. :thumbsup

Actually, looks like an anonymous source has confirmed that unpaid interns must pay to use the toilets so that there is cash on hand to buy more tubes...

1000 employees in Jan 2013 to around 800 and dropping to interns now?

Serious optimization. With or without the London fire sale.

LOL, seriously, where do you take your facts from?! :) It's scary..

Since Jan 2013, in Montreal and LA combined, we let go roughly 49 people.
In the SAME TIMEFRAME, in Montreal and LA conbined, we _HIRED_ 144!! None of them are interns, they do not count in these numbers.

The 1000 employees from Jan 2013 is a total global number, the 800 number you heard or saw somewhere is for CANADA ONLY.

Just reading your posts sparky.

Thank you for the clarification on hirings. :winkwink:

What is interesting is the alexa charts on manwin tube sites.

Yes, I feel alexa is a pretty good indicator. Not always, but to me it looks like about 40% drop in organic, ie pornhub, and a huge, sudden drop in purchased traffic. Look at the charts for yourself.

Shiit, wouldn't matter, an investor gets wind of terrible falling charts, they should be asking all tje right questions.

it aint just pornhub its ALL of them

even redtube

Take a look at youtube alexa as well. Similar in se results just not the same in alexa overall.

To me it seems like a transition period with google qnd tube authority... but make no mistake, google and youtube will come out on top.

Clones, especially porn tubes, will be fucked this way to sunday.

Some big porn tubes I hear work on about a 10% profit margin... 100k to make 10k. Those are the side effect tubes...

Numbers don't lie though, this market will come crashing down and I hope manwin is fucked so hard they bring every traffic broker with them.

Explain please how the market will come crashing down?

Start:
MikeSouth to Nathan: you got less employees.
Nathan to South: no, we fire 40 we hire 140
MikeSouth to Nathan: you got less traffic on tubes
...
goto start

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while(true) { // endless loop (until break keyword encountered)
MikeSouth to Nathan: you got less employees.
Nathan to South: no, we fire 40 we hire 140
MikeSouth to Nathan: you got less traffic on tubes
... (no break keywords here)
}

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