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Pornographers
A WORK IN PROGRESS.
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The pornography industry has larger revenues than Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo, Apple and Netflix combined. -http://www.familysafemedia.com/pornography_statistics.html
In 2002, Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, pulled in $50 million from adult programming. All the nation’s top cable operators, from Time Warner to Cablevision, distribute sexually explicit material to their subscribers. But you won’t read about it in their annual reports. Same with satellite providers like EchoStar and DirecTV, which is owned by Hughes Technology, a subsidiary of General Motors. …Then there are the big hotel chains: Hilton, Marriot, Hyatt, Sheraton and Holiday Inn, which all offer adult films on in-room pay-per-view television systems. And they are purchased by a whopping 50 percent of their guests, accounting for nearly 70 percent of their in-room profits. -http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/21/60minutes/main585049.shtml
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Triple-exthnics: Nathan Abrams on Jews in the American porn industry: http://www.jewishquarterly.org/issuearchive/articled325.html?articleid=38 - A story little told is that of Jews in Hollywood’s seedier cousin, the adult film industry. Perhaps we’d prefer to pretend that the ‘triple-exthnics’ didn’t exist, but there’s no getting away from the fact that secular Jews have played (and still continue to play) a disproportionate role throughout the adult film industry in America. Jewish involvement in pornography has a long history in the United States, as Jews have helped to transform a fringe subculture into what has become a primary constituent of Americana. These are the ‘true blue Jews’. … It is a case of the traditional revolutionary/radical drive of immigrant Jews in America being channelled into sexual rather than leftist politics. Just as Jews have been disproportionately represented in radical movements over the years, so they are also disproportionately represented in the porn industry. Jews in America have been sexual revolutionaries.
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Adult DVD Empire (AKA Right Ascension Inc.) Warrendale, PA.
John M. D’Arcangelo – owner and chief executive officer
Ray Jenner – Chief Financial Officer
Courtney Arthur
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Adult Entertainment Broadcast Network (AKA Data Conversions, Inc.) Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, ”provides on-demand adult videos, movies, and content.” Subsidiaries include PornoTube. Merged with largest homosexual porn companies.
Scott Coffman – president and CEO
James Hansen – Falcon (gay) CEO, CFO
Suzann Knudsen, a marketing director for PornoTube
Katrina Lee – CEO and President at Kat’s Meow Entertainment (Affiliate) -http://www.linkedin.com/pub/katrina-lee/36/a4a/47
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The Adult Film Association of America, later renamed the Adult Film and Video Association of America
Sam Chernoff of Astro-Jemco Film Co. – The first president (ca. 1969) of The Adult Film Association of America.
Gloria Leonard - erotic actress and magazine publisher
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Danni Ashe
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A large German publishing company based in Hamburg, which operates in 15 countries worldwide. Since the company was founded in 1875, it has been privately-owned and under management by the Bauer family. The Bauer Publishing Group comprises 282 magazines worldwide in 15 countries, as well as TV and radio stations. | http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/About - Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide media empire…
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Beate Uhse - Germany and 13 other countries. Founded 1946.
Otto Christian Lindemann – CEO
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Michel Birnbaum
Chairman and CEO, 1633SA publishing. Lui magazine; Playboy.fr, etc. Paris Area, France.
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William Blankinship
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David Aaron Clark – Asian Fever magazine & video writer & director
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Color Climax Corporation / Vicom ApS (CCC) is a Danish (Copenhagen) pornography company founded in 1969. Child pornography, bestiality, etc. By 2006 the company had published over 3,000 different books and magazines with a total of over 140 million editions; 8.5 million films, and almost a million video cassettes.
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Darklady Productions
Theresa “Darklady” Reed – writer and owner
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Dennis Publishing - London, UK, one of the world’s leading independent publishers. Maxim, Stuff, Inside Edge, Blender.
James Tye – CEO
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Richard Desmond - Northern and Shell publishing company.
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Digital Playground - one of the largest Adult Film production companies, headquartered in Van Nuys, California.
Ali Joone founded the company in 1993, is 1/2 owner
Samantha Lewis – vice president, 1/2 owner; jewish porn mogul
Farley Cahen is VP of New Media for Digital Playground.
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El Dorado Trading Co.
Larry Garland – founder
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Evil Angel
Christian Mann – General Manager
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Extreme Associates - CA.
Coercive and violent sex, along with other material that is vile and degrading. One film, called “Forced Entry,” includes shots of women getting raped and murdered. It also includes suffocation, strangulation, beatings and urination. Black calls “Forced Entry” a slasher film with sex, loosely based on the Hillside Strangler case.
Robert Zicari, AKA Rob Black – president
Janet Romano (Owner, Director)
Tom Byron (Owner, Director)
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Paul Fishbein
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Larry Flynt Productions - Beverly Hills, California. Hustler, Hustler.com, Larry Flynt Publications, etc. Founded 1974.
Michael Klein – President
Jim Dettman - Hustler TV Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Programming
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Victor Fox - A men’s-lifestyle magazine called Swank was founded by Fox Comics founder Victor Fox in the 1940s.
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Free Speech Coalition - adult industry trade association, successor to The Adult Film Association of America, represents 900+ companies in the porn business (ca 2007). In favor of SOPA. Canoga Park, CA.
Diane Duke – Executive Director
Bill Lyon – a former lobbyist for the defense industry
Joanne Cachapero – Membership Director
Board Members
Peter Acworth- founder of Kink.com
Jeffrey J. Douglas – Attorney, FSC Board Chair
Mara Epstein – marketing director, Lelo.com
Sid Grief - adult retailer, FSC Board President, AAANews.com
Alec Helmy – industry trade journal publisher, XBIZ.com
Joel Kaminsky – owner of Good Vibrations, GoodVibes.com
Mark Kernes – industry legal writer and analyst, FSC Board Secretary, AVN.com
Reed Lee – attorney
Lynn Swanson – sales manager, Topco.us
Christian Mann – general manager, EvilAngel.com (see above)
Larry Garland – owner of Eldorado Trading Co., ElDorado.net (see above)
Bob Christian – General Manager, Adam & Eve, adameve.com (see below)
Kara Price – performer/director, KaraPricexxx.com
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FriendFinder Network - formerly known as General Media, Inc. whose parent company was Penthouse International Inc. http://www.ffn.com/our-sites/ - Our websites include some of the most heavily-trafficked in the world. We offer social networking and online personals services, live video and premium content websites.
Marc H. Bell – President and CEO since 2004
Managing Director of Marc Bell Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Boca Raton, Florida. Prior, Mr. Bell served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Globix Corporation, a web-hosting company which owned 20,000 miles of fiber and over 1m sq ft of internet data center space globally. ******
Galaxy Publications - UK
Galaxy publications are adult magazine publishers. Their main offices are located in Witham, Essex, England. Their most notable publications include Fiesta, Knave, Ravers DVD and Just18.
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Kenny Gallo
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Adam Glasser, aka Seymore Butts
He is today probably the most famous Jewish porn mogul. Seymore Inc., his production company, releases about 36 films annually, most of them shot for less than $15,000, each of them grossing more than 10 times that sum. Glasser employs 12 people, including his mother and cousin Stevie.
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Gary Ginsberg – Executive Vice President for Corporate Marketing and Communications
David Statman – Vice President of Creative, GMG
Amy Swanson Sillan – Vice President of Marketing Strategy, GMG
Andrew Orgel – Chairman
Michael Benson – Chief Creative Officer
Kristen O’Hara - Chief Marketing Officer
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Gold Group International Ltd. - Whyteleafe, Surrey. Top 5 in adult entertainment. Founded in 1965.
Ralph Gold - Owner
David Gold - Owner, age 74
Ann Summers Ltd. - Whyteleafe, Surrey – Top 5 in adult entertainment. Founded 1970.
Jacqueline Gold - Chief Executive Officer
David Gold - Co-owner and Co-Chairman; Ralph Gold – Co-owner and Co-Chairman
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Al Goldstein – Screw magazine
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Ronald Goergen
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Dian Hanson - has edited multiple pornographic magazines
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Steven Hirsch
From Cleveland. Described as ‘the Donald Trump of porno’. The link between him and Reuben Sturman is Hirsch’s father, Fred, who was a stockbroker-cum-lieutenant to Sturman. Today Hirsch runs the Vivid Entertainment Group, which has been called the Microsoft of the porn world, the top producer of ‘adult’ films in the US.
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Jill Kelly
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Laurant Publishing Ltd. – Oui magazine, etc.
Irwin E. Billman – president and chief operating officer
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Paul F. Little
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-210 East State Route 4, Suite 211; Paramus, NJ 07652-5103 Phone: 201-843-4004 Fax: 201-843-8775 magnapublishing.com Founded in 1975.
Frank Perretta – President
Stephen Perretta – Vice President and General Counsel
Dan Davis – Editorial Director
Marty Puntus – Advertising Director
John Kotcher – Contributing Editor – http://id.linkedin.com/pub/john-kotcher/28/406/10a - (Also) National Recruitment Officer at Wall Street Institute. Past: Managing Editor at Blue Horizon Media; Content Manager at KView Inc.; Associate Editor at Falcon Data Link (all gay porn).
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Manwin Licensing International SARL - One of the biggest online pornography companies. HQ: Luxembourg.
Fabian Thylmann - founder
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Mavety Media Group - Juggs magazine and others; originally known for publishing gay pornography magazines in the United States.
Eugene R. Boffa, Jr - Retired Chief Executive Officer and President
Tony Stefano listed as the Executive Vice President of Mavety Media Group Ltd in New York, NY.
Edward Bartlett - was Production Manager; now Production Manager at Jobson Healthcare Information: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/edward-bartlett/13/7ba/225
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Russ Meyer
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Mile High Media
-8148 Devonshire; Mount Royal, Quebec.
John Blitt – Vice President
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New Frontier Media
Boulder, Colorado. Ten, Pleasure, MRG Entertainment, Ten.com, iGallery. 143 employees. …delivers adult entertainment via cable and satellite as well as through the Internet. http://www.noof.com/index.php?area=bios
Michael Weiner – president, CEO, secretary, director and chairman of the board
Marc Callipari – general counsel
Scott Piper – chief information officer
Grant Williams – chief financial officer
Melissa Hubbard – director
Alan Isaacman – director
David Nicholas – director
David Nicholas – director
Walter Timenshenko – director
Hiram J. Woo – director
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Penthouse Media Group
Penthouse, PenthouseStore, SexyJamie, PenthouseCelebs, Variations.com., etc. 20 Broad Street # 14; New York, NY 10005-2610.
Tom Hilditch - was editor of Penthouse
Irwin E. Billman (see above)
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Bryan Phillips
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Playboy Enterprises
Chicago, Illinois. Playboy, Playmate, Spice. 725 employees.
Christie Hefner - CEO
Arthur Kretchmer – was or is the editor of Playboy.
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Private Media Group, Inc. – Private (magazine) (1965–present) was established in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1965 as the world’s first full-color hardcore magazine by Berth Milton, Sr. In the early 1990s, his son Berth Milton, Jr. took over and moved the company’s headquarters to Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain, although the company is incorporated in Nevada, and co-HQed in San Francisco.
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Rick’s Cabaret International, Inc. - Houston, TX
Top 5 in adult entertainment. .. is an operator of strip clubs, nightclubs, and adult entertainment websites.
Robert L. Watters – Founder
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Colin Rowntree – CEO, Wasteland.com, “The oldest and largest bdsm & fetish website on the net.”
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The Score Group aka Quad International, Inc. – is a publishing company based in Miami, Florida that engages in the production and distribution of Adult Entertainment. Founded in 1991, The Score Group (TSG) publishes several monthly magazines including its flagship publication Score, and several others including Voluptuous, 18eighteen, Naughty Neighbors and Leg Sex. TSG also publishes quarterly magazines including, XL, 40something, 50Plus Milfs, 60Plus Milfs and New Cummers, as well as a mainstream men’s magazine Looker. In addition it distributes adult content through its websites which include Scoreland.com, SCOREVideos.com, SCOREHD.com, SCORE2go.com, Voluptuous.com, 18eighteen.com, XLgirls.com, LegSex.com, 40SomethingMag.com, 50PlusMilfs.com, 60PlusMilfs.com and NewCummers.com. It also produces and distributes full-length adult films under its Score Videos label.
-1629 NW 84TH ST; MIAMI, FL 33147 (305) 662-5959
Sam Lessner – President/director
John C Fox – director
John Lee-Graham - director
Harvey Weinstein - director
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Shawn Snyder
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Gemase Lee Simmons
Fake TV producer indicted on 22 child porn counts … of production of child pornography, two counts of receiving child porn … San Antonio.
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Jim South
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John Allen Stagliano
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Lexington Steele
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Reuben Sturman
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Vivid Entertainment
Los Angeles, California. One of the Top Adult Film Producers.
Bill Asher – Co-CEO
Steven Hirsch – Co-CEO
David James – Co-CEO
Marci Hirsch – VP of Production
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Norm Zadeh (now Zada)
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Pornographic movie studios
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21Sextury 
- also runs a number of pornographic websites. ..headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona. ..companies actresses are all Central European, and are mainly from Budapest and Prague.
James Melendy, owner
Abbywinters.com
Australia
Garion Hall – owner
Phil D. Harvey – Founder
Tim Black - Founder
Bob Christian – General Manager
ATKingdom.com
Van Nuys, CA.
Kim Nielsen – owner
Christopher Alexander – Founder/owner
Key people: Gregg Alan, Greg Dunn (President).
Arie Ovadia (jewish/israeli) – President
Kristopher Hinson, Penn Davis, Greg Entner
Black Market Entertainment
Chatsworth, CA.
James Melendy – owner
Joe Gallant - owner
Clayton Nunes
Bravo Models Media
Czech Republic
Vaclav Vlasek - owner
Founders: Ouissam Youssef, Stephane Manos and Matt Keezer
Daw Rikkonen – CEO
Al Bloom - previous president
Howard L Klein – previous or present president
CineMagic
HQ: Maruyama, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 2-6-12, Japan. the bondage, S&M and simulated rape genre. The company belongs to the Content Soft Association.
Color Climax Corporation
Copenhagen, Denmark. Pornographic films, Pornographic magazines. child pornography, bestiality, etc.
Combat Zone
9320 Mason Ave, Chatsworth, California, USA. Dion Jurasso / Dion Giarrusso (founder, owner), Rebekah Nazarian (general manager), John Florian (sales manager). Directors who have worked for the company include: Melissa Lauren, Joachim Kessef, Mike Metropolis, Zak Wylde, Robbie Fischer,[8] G-Man, Mark Wood, Ed Hunter, and Juan Cuba.
Blaine S Hensler – President
Fred Salaff - producer
Diabolic Video
headquartered in Chatsworth, California. Founders: Gregg Allan (owner & president) & Christopher Alexander. Current and former Diabolic directors include Sid Knox, Melissa Lauren.
Digital Playground
headquartered in Van Nuys, California. Adult director Joone founded the company in 1993. Owner: Manwin (an adult entertainment IT company headquartered in Luxembourg. Fabian Thylmann - founder (see above). Samantha Lewis – vice president (see above). Digital Playground’s production team is led by director Robby D. and producer/directors Samantha Lewis and Joone.
Digital Sin
founded by Scott Taylor in 1999. New Sensations is an American pornographic film studio. It is the parent company and sister-label of Digital Sin.
Diva Futura
founded in 1983 by porn star Ilona Staller and photographer and talent scout Riccardo Schicchi. Italy.
Dogma studio
fetish genres. The Dogma label was formed as part of the Soft On Demand (SOD) group in February 2001 by Tohjiro, a director at SOD.
Elegant Angel
located in Canoga Park, California and owned by Patrick Collins. Founders: Patrick Collins, John Stagliano. Patrick Collins, (Co-founder, owner, President), Graham Travis, (General Manager). The studios original directors were Collins, and the young team of Rob Black, Tom Byron and Van Damage. Thomas Zupko, William H, Marc Wallice (HIV-positive), Writer and director David Stanley.
Ethnicity Films
is owned by Video Team. EthniCity Video’s branding and licensing efforts are spearheaded by SoBe NetMedia, Inc. out of Miami Beach, Florida. Gerald Lynch – SoBe NetMedia president.
Evasive Angles
Chatsworth, CA. “the king of Hardcore interracial movies and Black Parodies.” Phil Rivera - Owner.
Evil Angel
founded and owned by John Stagliano. 14141 Covello Street 8C, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California 91405. Owners: John Stagliano & Bun B (Bran).
Evolution Erotica
HQ: Chatsworth, California. Tom Byron – Founder, Owner, Director) Ivan E. Rection (Director). Matt Zane (director)
Extreme Associates
11133 Vanowen, Suite D, North Hollywood, California. Rob Zicari (Founder, Owner, Director), Janet Romano (Owner, Director), Tom Byron (Owner, Director). Extreme’s current directors are Rob Black, Lizzy Borden, Shane Bugbee, Mark Zane (also known as Alias), Ivan E. Rection, Chris Justice (also known as Chris Evans), Coffee Ron, and Thomas Zupko. Extreme’s former directors include Matt Zane,[29] Ashlyn Gere, David Luger,[30] Derek Newblood,[23] Gene Ross, Jane Waters, Luis Cypher[23] (also known as Bobby Darlin), Luciano (Michael Stefano), Scott Snot, Slain Wayne[23] (Eric Brummer), Smiley Johnson, Tiffany Mynx, Tom Byron,[5] Brandon Iron[23] and Van Damage. President of Adult Video News Paul Fishbein has said EA produces “horrible, unwatchable, disgusting, aberrant movies”.
Femme Films
The company is headed by former adult actress Candida Royalle. The company’s films are distributed by Adam & Eve.
Grooby Productions
Los Angeles, CA. Steve Grooby (owner). based in Honolulu, producing transgender online adult entertainment. Pornographic films, Pornographic websites.
HellHouse Media
Seattle-based. Chris Lin listed as the Principal of Hellhouse Media in La Palma, CA. Ty Gonty, Rex Mundi, T&H Northwest LLC.
Innocent Pictures
a Danish independent film company founded in 2001. Claus Sørensen and Nicolas Barbano.
JM Productions
Chatsworth, Los Angeles, CA. The studio’s material is controversial, with its films often featuring erotic humiliation and rough sex. Its films have been accused of being demeaning to women. Jeff Steward & Mike Norton - owners. Tony Malice (producer & publicist).
John Thompson -real name Raymond Louis Bacharach
Jules Jordan - real name Ashley Gasper
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Mark Kulkis - owner.
Kink.com
San Francisco-based. Peter Acworth - owner (UK-native).
Lightspeed Media Corporation
from Glendale, Arizona, founded founded in 1999 by Steve Lightspeed, alias of Steve Jones, that operates many Internet pornography Web sites and contracts various models.
Mantra Films
Santa Monica, California, created by Joe Francis, chiefly for the production and distribution of the vast United States-based Girls Gone Wild and Guys Gone Wild enterprises that he leads.
Michael Ninn
Allison Vivas – CEO
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Red Light District Video
Chatsworth, California. One of the Top Adult Film Producers. ..founded in 2001 by industry veteran Dion Giarrusso and his half-brother David Joseph (president), who co-owned the company.
Reality Kings
Miami Beach. Owned by RK Netmedia, an internet-based hardcore pornography production company.
Robert Garner - President & Chief Executive Officer
David Sturman – owner
The son of Reuben Sturman (see above). CEO at Bay Management. San Francisco area.Jared Sturman – general manager.
Dan Quinn – owner. East Coast retailer.
Stuart Wall – Vice-President
Ten Broadcasting
Ottawa, Ontario. It is the largest adult broadcast company in Canada and currently operates 3 adult entertainment channels.
Stuart Duncan – Owner, President & CEO
Third Degree Films
Los Angeles, CA. The studios Zero Tolerance Entertainment and Black Ice are sister companies of Third Degree Films.
Joey Wilson – founder/president
Miles Long – director
Steve Scott – founder
Ed Hunter - founder
VCA Pictures
In 2003 the company was bought by Hustler Video, a subsidiary of Larry Flynt-owned Larry Flynt Publications.
Russ Hampshire – founder
Arthur Martin – chair since 1979.
Vivid Entertainment
(see above)
Vince Vouyer, born John LaForme
Wicked Pictures
Canoga Park, California. One of the Top Adult Film Producers. In 2006 it was described by Reuters as one of the handful of studios that dominate the U.S. porn industry.
Steve Orenstein – Founder
Brad and Cynthia Willis
Zero Tolerance Entertainment
Los Angeles, California. studios Third Degree Films and Black Ice are sister companies of Zero Tolerance.
Greg Alves – founder/president
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