I wrote a story on the adult movie industry's quest to be perceived as a "legitimate" business for Minyanville.com.
While some porn companies, such as Private Media Group (PRVT) and New Frontier Media (NOOF), operate like any other business, most aren’t run like Fortune 500 companies. In truth, the porn business operates a lot more like the drug business. There are no pristine halls in towering skyscrapers wherein neatly attired businesspeople churn out reams of porn. The majority of adult video businesses are small operations run out of nondescript warehouses on unremarkable streets in the northwest corner of the San Fernando Valley.[Think Porn Is a Legitimate Business? Think Again.]