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NEWS ABOUT: porn industry

porn industry stories: 9 news summaries
JOB OPENINGS

 Porn Co. 
 to Prejean: 
 We'll Make 
 You a Star 

Says Carrie could score millions off sex tapes

Nov 16, 09 7:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Carrie Prejean’s eight so-called “sex tapes” could earn her millions of dollars—in the porn industry. Vivid Entertainment re-extended a helping hand to Prejean—when the company first offered her $1 million to do a porno, all she had to her name was a topless photo. Now that... More »

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entertainment • pornography • sex tape • Carrie Prejean • Miss California • porn industry • Carrie Prejean sex tape

OPINION

 Porn Doesn't Have to Ruin Sex 

But only if guys remember it's entertainment, not an educational tool

Nov 11, 09 1:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Porn’s been getting a bad rap of late for turning men into bad lovers. But it’s really the guys’ fault, not the porn, writes Cord Jefferson . A Nielsen survey reports that a third of visitors to XXX websites are women, so clearly porn itself isn’t a definitive... More »

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sex • extreme sex • female sexuality • porn industry • battle of the sexes

raunch culture

 Boys 'Pornified' From Birth 

Males encouraged from birth to be sex maniacs

Nov 11, 09 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Lyn Brown and Sharon Lamb determined in their 2006 book Packaging Girlhood that our culture conditions girls early on to behave as sexual objects. But what about boys? In their new book, the researchers take a look at the other side of the playground and find that the “stark... More »

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gender • marketing • gender roles • boys • deodorant • porn industry

Parks Boss Had 3400 Porn Pics; Feds Avert Gaze

Report overlooks Gettysburg chief's thing for on-the-job sex shots

Oct 19, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal investigative report has cleared a parks official even though he pored over thousands of porn pics on his computer while he was supposed to be working. The superintendent of the popular Gettysburg National Military Park was cleared of misconduct accusations linked to financial dealings with the Gettysburg Foundation,... More »

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investigation • Gettysburg • federal • parks • federal agencies • porn industry • internet pornography • federal official

 Crowds Flock to
Church's 'Porn Talk'

Former sex film producer among the speakers at Christian anti-porn forum

Sep 19, 09 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Over a thousand people are descending on an Atlanta-area church this weekend for 3 days of talks on pornography, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The "Porn Talk" event, one of many put on by anti-porn Christian group XXXchurch.com, seeks to address the harm pornography is doing to children, families,... More »

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pornography • church • sex addiction • Christians • sex industry • porn industry

Fired Teacher 'Leah Lust' Turns to Porn

After 2500 rejected resumes, Shepherd is 'My first sex teacher'

Sep 1, 09 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The biology teacher sacked by a Florida high school for posing in racy bikini pics has found a new line of work: porn. Unable to land a new teaching job after sending out 2,500 resumes, Tiffany Shepherd, 31, is now earning a living as "Leah Lust" in films... More »

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teacher • porn star • porn industry • Tiffany Shepherd

(Newser) - The American porn movie biz is not so hot anymore, and the recession isn't the only reason. Porn entrepreneurs say free content on the Internet is horning in on their business, reports the Los Angeles Times. "The opportunities in this industry really are disappearing," said a star of... More »

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Internet • pornography • profits • piracy • adult films • porn.com • porn star • porn industry

OPINION

 Ladies, It's Time to Enjoy Porn 

Female audience for adult films is growing

Jul 24, 09 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - For years, women have “been told that we won’t—or shouldn’t—be turned on by porn,” but that can, and should, change, writes Violet Blue for Oprah.com. If you just can’t get into the “hokeyness—the ridiculous costumes, the awful cinematography, the ludicrous... More »

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entertainment • women • pornography • adult films • trend • porn industry

(Newser) - In many ways, the life of a porn screenwriter is a breeze compared to Hollywood, Christopher Beam writes for Slate. “Your average 90-minute porn film will have between five and seven sex scenes,” he explains. “At five to 10 minutes each, that leaves only about a half-hour... More »

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pornography • adult films • screenwriters • movies • cinematographer • porn industry • script • sex scene

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