Pink Visual's Porn Stimulus Package

For those who pay for porn (we're traveling in purely theoretical realms here), Pink Visual's version of "Cash for Clunkers" is pretty funny: Simply give up your old porn website membership and get a huge discount on a new one. More »

Boring Porn Pinup Site Loses Funding

Back in March 2008, porn pinup site Zivity made headlines after securing a cool $8 million in funding. Now it's making headlines again: this time, because much of its funding (and staff) is walking away. More »

Strippers On Strippers (And The Economy)

It's an old chestnut that sex work is recession-proof: but how much truth is there to that conviction? The Rumpus takes a look at how topless dancers are faring in this economy in their latest feature, Recession Strippers. More »

From Jobless To Topless To... Jobbed?

It's tough out there for the unemployed—but luckily for (some) of us, Zoo Magazine is doing it's part to help the unemployed hotties of the world find work...by publishing sexy photos of them. More »

German Bank Discovers That Sex Is The Solution To All Our Financial Woes

You know how the story goes: boy meets girl, boy woos girl, boy treats girl to a night of passionate, rousing sex—and suddenly, everyone's problems are solved. More »

The Kink.com Layoffs, Or What We Mean By "Recession-Proof" Porn

We're still reeling from the news of the recent layoffs at fetish powerhouse Kink.com—but we've received information on the situation that's provided insight on what happened at Kink (and what could happen around the industry). More »

Say It Ain't So! Layoffs At Kink.com

It seems that Naughty America isn't the only one getting slammed by economic woes: we've just learned that fetish porn powerhouse Kink.com has laid off fifteen percent of its staff. More »

Economic Woes Leading To Less Sex?

Maybe it's just us, but we'd think that a flailing economy would lead more sex, not less. Isn't a no brainer? Sex is free entertainment, people. Why would you cut back on that? More »

More Rumored Layoffs At Naughty America

Then again... while some might make it through the treacherous economy into a brighter future of adult entertainment, others are more likely to die trying: we've just heard word of more layoffs at Naughty America. More »

The Future Of Adult Entertainment: How To Sell The Cow And Give Away The Milk For Free

What with all the piracy and tube sites and the flailing economy, it can be easy to see why adult entertainment companies might be a tiny bit worried about their future. More »

They Make Porn In Toronto?

Look out, LA—Toronto's comin' at ya! The Canadian city's burgeoning adult industry is on its way to the big leagues (and with homegrown girls like these, they have a bit of an advantage.). (torontosun.com, thumbnail)

You Can't Keep Good Smut Down

Larry Flynt may have failed in his plea for a porn bailout, but pornographers aren't deterred: Pimproll has established the creatively named PornBailout.com to ease the financial pain of the adult industry. More »

The Atlantic Monthly: Porn Will Save Us All The Economy

What does it take to get The Atlantic Monthly to talk about porno? A failing economy—with porn as the great recession-proof hope. (theatlantic.com, our savior Faye Valentine)

Rumored Layoffs At Naughty America

We've all heard how porn is recession proof, how porn companies are posting record profits while the rest of the world lays off half their staff. But is that really the truth? More »

Great Moments In Strip Club Marketing

Say you're a classy strip joint gentleman's club looking to upgrade your marketing for the new millenium. What do you do? How about making one of those podcasts? That's what the kids are into, right? More »

Will Juggs Survive The Financiapocalypse?

We often get asked if porn is "recession proof"—or, more specifically, if people will still be jacking it long after their unemployment checks run out (and paying for the privilege to do so). More »

Brothel Patrons Get Branded

A German brothel has come up with an interesting advertising plan (and economic stimulus package!): men who get the brothel's name tattooed on their arm will get free entry into the establishment for the rest of their life (as well as discounts on certain services, like lap dances). So, uh, what would it take to get you guys to tattoo the Fleshbot logo on your arms? (telegraph.co.uk)

Capital One allows you to customize your credit cards using images of your choosing. But will they allow you to use any photo? Kevin Hundsnurscher decided to find out. Hmm... anyone else want a Gianna Michaels credit card? (capitaloneimagecard.com + flickr.com, via Violet Blue)

$8 million dollar porn cheesecake site Zivity just laid off a third of its staff... and for some reason, the tech media actually cares. Over here at Fleshbot HQ, we won't be worrying too much about their staffing situation until they start producing actual porn. (techcrunch.com + cnet.com)

You know the economy is in trouble when even porn is taking a hit: Playboy Enterprises has just announced a major restructuring, with 80 jobs cut and DVD operations to be completely shut down. Won't somebody please think of the Bunnies? (avn.com)

A group in the Ukraine has been passing out fake Euro bills with adorable little prostitutes hidden in the design, which is supposed to convince women not to do it, we guess? Then again, reminding women that they can earn lots of Euros by selling sex might not have the intended effect. (telegraph.co.uk, via Sexoteric)

The Wall Street banking industry may have collapsed in a heap of soiled derivatives, but that won't stop folks from indulging in the little things that make life bearable—like $1,000 lap dances. Gotta keep those economic "fundamentals" strong, you know. (amny.com; thumb via Reality Kings via Ask Jolene)

Hey, look it's another "the porn industry is dying because of the internet, amateurs giving it away for free, and oh, yeah the entire economy is in the tank right now so maybe it has something to do with that" stories. But this one is in Financial Times (and includes a guest appearance by Monique Alexander) so now you know it's serious. (ft.com)

The next time you think you're spending too much time on porn, take a look at these monthly sex-related budgets for Nerve's nine stereotypes test subjects and be thankful you're not spending too much money on it too. After all—you do read Fleshbot, which means spending ten bucks on an on-demand broadcast of "Doctor's Adventures" need never be part of your budget. (nerve.com)

The media may continue to debate whether topless sunbathing is still in fashion or not, but given that some Las Vegas hotels are having no trouble finding customers willing to pay to watch topless strippers lounge by the pool it looks like there are some places where it will never go out of style. You just can't argue with that kind of economic evidence. (reuters.com)

Real American Heroes

A 77-year-old Brooklyn man is being unfairly persecuted by the IRS just because he tried to deduct over $300,000 in "therapeutic" treatments for his chronic depression. You know, like ... prostitutes, erotic massages, sex toys and porn. That sounds pretty therapeutic to us. This guy should be given a medal, not a tax bill. (nypost.com; thumb via doctoradventures.com)

Scores is a landmark institution in the New York strip club universe, but both locations are in danger of being shut down permanently because of all the, you know ... crime and stuff. How will our city's hedge fund managers blow their expense accounts on overpriced champagne now? (ap.google.com)

Adult Entertainment Capital Helps Expand More Than Just Your Savings

In these uncertain economic times, you want to make sure the money you invest is going into something that will tolerate the vicissitudes of the market—to say nothing about possible dividends that include complimentary lap dances and dirty cellphone video downloads. Which is why the newly launched Adult Entertainment Capital is offering horned-up savvy investors the opportunity to buy into "progressive adult oriented companies across all stages of the business cycle" as well as a means of securing venture capital for that awesome laser-powered self-lubricating dildo company you've been hoping to launch. (Oops, we just gave away our secret retirement plan!) Too soon to tell whether Wall Street will take notice of the AIC's forthcoming publicly traded stock, but it does promise to make watching that MSNBC ticker crawl more interesting. More »

PornClubCard: It's Where You Want To Be

MasterCard, Visa, American Express, PornClubCard: only one of these will earn you points that can be redeemed for 30-day porn site memberships. Although, classy as it looks, you probably wouldn't want to expense that business dinner on it. (xbiz.com)

When Stocks Drop, Tops Don't Pop

We already knew that it's been a rather slow summer for topless beach shenanigans from our usually reliable celebrity sun worshipers. Well, now we finally have an explanation. It's the economy stupid! Yes, some super smart French guy has determined that a) women are less likely than usual to whip 'em out on his nation's famous topless beaches, and that b) the reason is a lack of confidence in the economy. It's all related to a well-established economic principle that women dress more provocatively when the stock market is doing well. The always classy Daily Mail puts it a bit less delicately, but the message is simple: Forget jobs, gas prices and trade deficits, we need to get people back to work on our topless beaches! (dailymail.co.uk)

It was a bad weekend for fans of government intervention, as California's "porn tax" bill goes down in committee and Turkey gives up on their porn registration plan. You may continue to fap in peace. (xbiz.com + hurriyet.com.tr)

Remember when we pointed out how ridiculous it was that lawyers were collecting $1.3 million for suing a videogame company over sex scenes that they didn't even make while the people who they were supposedly "protecting" only got $30,000? Well, at least one judge agrees with us: the "Hot Coffee" settlement has been rejected by the courts, because it turns out that no one was actually offended by the sex in "Grand Theft Auto." And here we were thinking we were the only ones. (Kotaku)

The great Janine Lindemulder is in a bit of a pickle with the IRS, who want $80,000 in back takes or they'll take it out of her ... well ... actually, that part might not be in her contract. Here she is in happier, unindicted times.(thesmokinggun.com)

A judge has ordered the maker of Enzyte to pay a $500 million fine for defrauding people with their fake penis pills, which would pretty much put the company out of business. Maybe then they'll finally stop running those idiotic commercials on TV. (xbiz.com)

It's almost too easy to make jokes about how the porn industry is responsible for stimulating the economy (though we draw the line at even thinking about Bush's package)—but we guess they're sort of hard to avoid when you're talking about some independent market research company's claim that "many websites focused on adult or erotic material have experienced an upswing in sales in the recent weeks" thanks to those magic economic stimulus checks. Too bad we already spent all of ours on hookers and beer, or else we totally would've renewed our membership to AssSmoothie.com! (

Apparently that whole recession thing that's ruining porn sales has left lingerie sales completely untouched. It just goes to show: no matter how broke a girl is, she can always rummage up enough money to look cheap. (xbiz.com, recession-proof thumb from galleries.sterlingcash.com via The Bra Blog)

AdultVest, that investment bank that focuses exclusively on cashing in on porn, has been nominated for "Launch of the Year" at the annual Hedge Fund Awards. They have hedge fund awards now? Man, we remember when it used to be about the money. (aetoday.com)

What do you get for the billionaire banker who has (and can afford) everything? Apparently, a naked picture of his wife constructed out of clippings from the Financial Times that mention his name. And people think we're kinky. (bloomberg.com via Gothamist)

The bad news is that the economy is in the tank and we're all broke! So what's the good news? Now everyone is going to stay home and watch nothing but porn! Even recessions have a silver lining! (xbiz.com)