[lbo-talk] "War on porn" felt at Suicide Girls

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 29 17:05:24 PDT 2005


Carl Remick wrote:


>>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>>
>>>>>Forbes ran the numbers on porn a few years ago
>>>><http://www.forbes.com/2001/05/25/0524porn.html>....
>>
>>The Forbes estimate was around $4b. Even if it's doubled, it's
>>still well under $10b. Even if it's quadrupled, it's still only
>>about 1/20th of Wal-Mart's sales, or about three weeks' worth.
>
>The porn industry grosses only 1/20th of what Wal-Mart does? That's
>obscene :)

More like 1/40th or 1/60th, but I was humoring Chuck.

Doug



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