The Business Of Turning You On Fights To Survive!

At one point porn was America's dirty little secret.  A thing that was rarely talked about

but often viewed.  Well folks all that has changed with the internet. You now see little girls running around in shirts that say "Porn Star" right across their undeveloped chests.  And in area's like West Hollywood & Palm Springs every other guy you run into tells you he's a "porn star" (half the time he's wearing that same shirt as that 12 yr old girl!!) Now with the click of a few fingers you can pull up any kind of XXX images, movies, personal online chats. If you google "porn" over 389,000,000 hits come up in less then a second. Porn has come out of dark in the main stream in a big way. With all this content out there you would think that someone, somewhere would be making some serious cash. And you would be 100 percent correct.  But with this change in the way we view porn, shop for porn & buy porn there has also been a shift in the way the money has been changing hands. There is a lot of money to be made in the business of pleasure, but you maybe surprised at who is making that money.  The explosion of XXX all brings with it an issue that people don't talk about.  Millions upon million of dollars are being lost by the companies that make the movies, distributors of the movies & the actors in the films.  So lets walk through the rarely seen side of porn (that means the business side folks, nothing else in porn is rarely seen)
It's been said that "the industry" earns it's self  13 billion dollars a year.  That's billion with a "B"!!!! That is a lot of sex. So where is this money going? Well, first the movie has to be made and that cost cash.  There is cameramen to pay, actors to pay, editing, distributor,  promotion....all that there.  So a companies like Vivid, Treasure Island or Titan spend hundreds of thousands to get a finished product, in this case an adult film, into to your hot hands (pun intended)!  Now ask yourself when is the last time you walked into your local XXX store and bought a full length porn film? And don't act all holier-than-thou. Everyone has at onetime or another viewed some kind of porn.  My point is this, we now do most things online, and that includes buy adult themed movies. Some if you, like millions of other grownup boys & girls, go to sites like pornmd, xtube,  pornhub, youporn.....the list is endless, but these sites give you free content.  The issue is that the companies that make the films, and pay out large sums to produce them get nothing from these sites that show their films for free. The above listed sites make their cash, and make no mistake they make plenty, off advertising.  So when you go on those sites, if you do, you are viewing something that has been stolen from our hard working porn stars. Seriously, this posting is full of double entendre, loving it!

All Business Ms Jenna Jameson

Another whole side to this porno problem is that EVERYBODY has a smartphone! And with that data plan seems to come the idea that you are now Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian or Pamela Anderson.  After putting our iPhone to work, we can now upload our "Porn Star Work" to any of hundreds of sites that will make your home movie available to everyone with an internet connection for FREE! So you give your sexy time to the world and all you get in return is some "fans"?! Yup....but the site gets hit after hit and in turn charges for ads on their site. Again website scores while the person producing content strikes out.
With this new pattern showing no signs of fading the people of porn have had become mini moguls, branding & promoting themselves in ways that would make Madonna proud!  One example of such a person is our own Jenna Jameson. Jenna has been called the world's most famous adult film star.  Since she first appeared on film in 1993 she has gone on to star in hundreds on such movies, start her own adult themed business with revenues reported at $30 million annually as well crossing over into mainstream entertainment with gigs on "Family Guy" & "The Howard Stern Show".  Her battle with cancer was covered in every magazine found in the checkout line.  After chatting face to face with Jenna for even a few minutes it becomes very clear that she is more then a pretty face with a killer rack...hello people I am Gay, not blind!  She is a smart woman that had a long term plan & branded herself very well. After years of not making any movies Jenna has taken it all off again in November of 2013.. She is such a porn icon that even Boy About Town is excited for "The Queen Of Porn's" return!
Another such well know face of porn is Chris Neal. Although in all fairness it's not Chris's lovely face that has made him a Gay porn icon....read between lines people. Chris has made over 150 movies, that I forced myself to watch as I prepared to sit down with him for a heart to heart on life in front of the lens!  Once again the person I met was well put together, thoughtful, clearly well spoken & hot.  So how does one

Chris Neal Looks Thrilled With Boy's Interview Skills!

keep relevant in the ever changing porn world?  Well if you are Mr Neal you keep it all in perspective.  Chris, I can call him that since I sat in his lap, lives on the East Coast & is not a full time "porn star".  By that I mean he does not depend on it as his only source of income, nor does he define himself by his job of having sex with men on film.  He does not live in the bars & clubs & bathhouses as do many of his counterparts.  He does however cash in on his status as "hot, hung porn star"! Not my words people, not that I am disagreeing.  Anywho, when I meet Chris he was in California to make a guest appearance at a party.  So there is a fee involved there somewhere, although even I was not tacky enough to ask what it was.  And at this party were his films for sale.  There were also men chomping at the bit to spend sometime with this guy. Add all this up and I am guessing my new bestie made some coins.  Not bad for a guy that hasn't released a film in a while. People like Chris & his friend and fellow adult entertainer Michael Brandon now use such guest appearances as a major source of income.  And they promote their travels via the very same internet that robs them of so much of their porn fame.  If you follow some of these people on twitter or fb you can see how much they are on the road.  Hell, Michael Brandon is on tour more then Lady Gaga! He is so busy he didn't return our emails to get his thoughts on this topic, just saying!
So whatever your thoughts are on porn you have to give people the due.  And all along the spectrum people are losing money on their investments, their time & their work.  Will the people of porn be able to keep up with the times & change or will the suburban couple next door be our new porn stars?  And if someone finds one of those baby tee "Porn Star" shirts in red, could you send it my way!
Stay Fabulous!
Boy About Town