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Hedge fund buys iPorn.com

FinAlternatives reports:
A hedge fund dedicated to investing in the adult entertainment industry has struck a deal for iPorn, a mobile and SMS pornography provider in the works.
Beverly Hills, Calif.-based AdultVest, which claims its “online marketplace” now exceeds $7 billion in capital available for varied smutty investments, announced that its Priapus Investment Fund acquired iPorn yesterday.

I’ve [...]

Cross-Over Appeal

According to everyone’s favorite semi-authoritative,mostly accurate source, Wikipedia:
In 2006, [Deepak] Chopra launched Virgin Comics LLC alongside his son, Gotham Chopra, and Richard Branson, famed entrepreneur and thrill-seeker. The aim of the company is to promote and examine South Asian themes and culture through the use of the traditional comic book medium. [9]
Well, since 2006 it [...]

6 of one…

Let the outing begin. We know who Client 9 is, and thanks to the Daily News we can now put a (hideous) face on Client 6 (editor’s note, original post had him labeled as Client 5, this was found to be incorrect). Ladies and gentlemen, I present for your viewing pleasure, The Duke of Westminster:

From [...]

Fame

I know we are a culture obsessed with fame. We look to celebrities constantly, trying to get the latest news and gossip about them. There are over a dozen magazines out there whose sole purpose is to keep us informed as to what celebrities are doing and not doing.
Which leads me to this one: When [...]

Keep It Clean

How is it that a billboard, set for Time Square, featuring the bottoms of six ordinary folks (well, okay, they are probably models, but still…) advertising for a new toilet seat/bidet hybrid can be banned, but there is no problem with a billboard right down the block of porn star Jenna Jamison advertising for Vivid [...]

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