Killed For Less

Despite Launchpad’s best efforts, sales of porn are down so far this year as smut-peddlers have been shafted reamed negatively-affected by America’s economic troubles.

“From my experience, as long as I’ve been in this business, this is the first time I can say that we’re absolutely feeling the effects of the economy,” says Steve Orenstein, president and founder of Wicked Pictures, and a 29-year veteran of the adult-entertainment industry. “There was a line we used to use about this business being recession proof. When people talked about the economy, we’d say our business is fine. But look, now you’d have to be blind and deaf not to see that there are problems.”

Turns Out Porn Isn’t Recession-Proof [Wired]

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