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by Brian Godinez, for The University Daily Kansan
Porn thrives in economic slump
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES—In the vast, suburban expanse of the San Fernando Valley, one of the largest industries thrives quietly inside unmarked warehouses, walled estates and hidden studios.
The region is home to most of America's pornography industry videos, Web sites, phone sex businesses, adult toys and dirty magazines.
While many parts of the nation's economy have suffered, the past five years have been good for the adult industry, as new video and computer technology opened the doors to hundreds of millions of potential customers around the world.
"The adult industry doesn't follow the same ups and downs that other businesses do," said Paul Fishbein, publisher of the trade paper Adult Video News. "It still grows every year in terms of sales and rental volume."
The 354 square miles of tract
homes, strip centers and freeways on the north side of the Hollywood Hills is home to big names in the movie business — Disney, DreamWorks, Warner Brothers and Universal Studios — and less famous names: Vivid Entertainment, VCA and dozens of other studios churning out X-rated DVDs and videos.
"We've gone from a market of hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions," said Bill Asher, president of Vivid Entertainment.
It's difficult to come up with a dollar figure, said Michael Goodman, an entertainment industry analyst at the Yankee Group in Boston. "But it is a very profitable business and pretty recession-proof."
Sales and rentals of adult videos produced by American companies was a $4 billion business last year, Fishbein said, based on a survey of thousands of video stores and overall sales figures from the Video Software Dealers Association.
Like adult filmmakers and
actors, mainstream cable companies, satellite providers and hotel chains that offer in-room adult movies are cashing in. But they like to keep their involvement low-profile.
"We really can't characterize how popular adult programming is," said Robert Mercer, a spokesman for Direct TV, which offers adult channels and pay-per-view films.
Production of the valley's X-rated movies also is kept low-profile. Most are filmed in unmarked industrial buildings that border churches, schools and homes.
An actress who goes by the name of Dee talked about the business while waiting for her scene in "The Alley." a new video being produced at a Vivid warehouse.
The business means thousands of jobs for actors, editors, directors, camera operators and set dressers.
"For anyone looking for work, you have to be (in the valley)," she said.
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15 Swallow quickly
16 Rock shelf
17 Kitchen utensils
18 Light source
19 Skaters' jumps
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22 One in Emden
24 "The Raven" poet
25 Used tire
27 Put on cargo
28 Relinquish
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Mongolia
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4 Reticence
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