A few Tweeters pointed me to Richard Abowitz’s article on why porn-for-profit is dying:
Every January, the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas is the biggest annual gathering of the adult film industry. But the biggest is suddenly a lot smaller. The 2010 AEE convention, which ran Thursday through Sunday, had shrunk from packing two floors of the Venetian’s Sands Expo Center last year down to one floor (and that one with lots of empty space).
“The AEE show is an example of what the business faces. There are fewer fans, less foot traffic, and less companies exhibiting,†said Steve Javors, editor in chief of industry trade publication XBIZ. “During the 2000s, porn kept expanding outward. We thought there was an insatiable appetite for porn, and there would keep being more companies and more porn stars. Now, we are finding out that is not true.â€
He goes on to cite piracy, video on demand, the loss of taboo, online gaming and porn star hookers as the main reasons, but you should read the full article.
[via Ms. Naughty]
