1/1/2012 – 04:40 AM PST – Gene Ross – Adultfyi.com
Among my Tarot predictions for 2012: “Aspecting the Hermit is the “Death” card. There’s going to be changes like you’ve never seen. Foundations will be rattled and existing empires will be toppled…”
The beginning of December I also wrote this: “I also see a big name company that’s overextended and on its last legs. I think the picture will be a lot clearer by the end of January and I think it will be up for sale. It will be big news. A competitor will be licking their chops.”
At the end of October I wrote this: “The porn industry, according to The “Judgement” card, is a forest of dead wood, and companies have to start chopping trees to survive. In my layout for November I keep hearing the words, “She needs to go…she needs to go.” I’m assuming that there’s a female executive who has outlived her usefulness, except her employer hasn’t caught on yet.”
You might have thought I was talking about Samantha Lewis, but actually there’s another female exec who needs to go…
At the end of September I wrote this: “At least four widely known porn companies will not be with us this time next year…”
The end of August I wrote this for the porn business: “I see a couple of fires started by faulty wiring or the Santa Ana winds blowing in later this year.”
Remember the fire that burned down Jay Shanahan’s house early December? High winds. www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=52066
Read the New Year’s predictions: www.adultcybermart.com/StoryCardsYear201212312011.html
Now Mike South writes: I got a tip back in September that this deal was done but after trying to source it I couldn’t verify it so I dismissed it as rumor mill stuff.
I got another tip today that it is all the buzz again in porn circles and after calling around all day this time I verified with multiple sources that would know. No word on the price but my sources have it way above 50M. No word what will happen to the contract girls there but it’s a safe bet that Manwin/Brazzers will keep em around at least until after Adult Entertainment Expo in a few weeks.
My guess is that’s when the official announcement would have been.
Brazzers has also been in negotiation with Vivid but no word on how that has panned out.
This makes for an interesting situation because with this purchase Manwin pretty much OWNS all of porn. And this comes at a time when it looks like SOPA is sure to pass which will put tube sites out of business…specially with Brazzers owning so much content, they could do an about face and shut down every tube site…giving themselves a huge stake in the American porn biz as one of very few solid suppliers, and if you think DP is the end of it think again.
Considering this deal happened in Aug/Sep this has been the best kept secret in porn.
Happy New Year everyone.
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