"Pleasure: Business Of Porn": CNBC's Penetrating Investigation Into The Porn Industry (VIDEO)

Via Gawker comes this penetrating CNBC investigation into the danger looming over one of the nation's most cherished and important industries: pornography. CNBC helpfully explains that "pornography has been around since the time of the caveman" and that "it's a $13 billion industry where the bottom line has always been sex sells."

Intrepid reporter Melissa Lee interviewed beloved adult-film star Jess Jane to get some inside information on the inustry. A sample question from Lee: How do you differentiate yourself from all the other blond, busty porn stars? Jane's answer: 'I'm more personable.'

In case you were on the fence about watching the clip below, CNBC offers this priceless teaser line: "But is the very same technology that brought it riches bringing the business of skin to it's knees? Melissa Lee reports." Nice.

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Comments

[Darcman]

I swear to god, when I looked at the headline and the picture I thought the reporter was the pron star! LOL!

[gamoonbat]

Did you catch Melissa Lee in her red coat, by any chance?

[Faraja]

You can watch this episode @ Hulu.com

http://www.hulu.com/watch/83048/cnbc-originals-porn-business-of-pleasure#s-p1-so-i0

[youtubeit]

this economy is in such deep *&^ yet Obamma & Summers live on another astral plane, unwilling to aknowledge reality, even though 995 of Americans expiernceit and KNoW what's going on, and are tired of the BS.

good articles: http://www.iamned.com

[johnr49]

Try to stay on topic, please.

[Patrick Sauer - Huffpost Blogger]

CNBC is simply providing a valuable look at a dying American industry. Pornographers need our help.

Ask Not What America's Porn Industry Can Do For You...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patrick-sauer/ask-not-what-the-american_b_238232.html

[robotfog]

they need a stimulus package, or they need their packages stimulated, maybe they should go into health care. That's a growing industry.

[raaf]

Of course sex sells, and HP knows it. Just look at the HP homepage always trying to sex things up.

[hulka37]

HP has to find a way to keep readers from being lured away by the lip licking honeys at Fox.

[terramartom]

How about outlawing greed, racism, bigotry, intolerence, hate, fear, war first you bunch of religious hypocrites?

[nolabels]

Agreed!

[Unrepentantliberal]

I channel surfed through the program but I did catch the part where they talked about the most porn being sold in the Red States. Priceless.

[lhoop]

i don't think that's a coincidence. this is a hilarious and fairly convincing article that argues political conservatives and porn-users have more in common they might think.

http://ficry.com/drill-baby-drill-how-the-ficry-has-changed-porn-and-politics/

[Vieweraudience]

Wow! Another hard hitting story from an xNBC media outlet. The piece gave me that delightful tingling feeling down my leg that xNBC commentator Chris Matthews says President Obama give him. Jesse Jane for President!

[cplKlyde]

CNBC: A bright shining spear penetrating the dark chasm of porn.

[dmyron]

Sex is not a spectator sport.........

[robotfog]

it should be an Olympic sport.

[nolabels]

Only if you are too uptight.

[johnr49]

Nobody's forcing you to watch porn - it's your choice, just as it is for people who do want to watch it.

[miguelisimo2000]

Honestly though, the average "red light worker" over here in Europe looks better than this "Jesse Jane."
Helluva a lot cheaper too!

[GabrielXL]

No doubt!

[justanotherbushhater]

Porno puns.... ooofff!

[slowtono]

Well what do you think the rich do with their money. They need girls not tea! This is the women who can't find or want that rich banker, she gets rich all on her own. Know many people who make $3000 a night. And all you beauties looking for that rich rich guy, your the same. So what happens is we are becoming a nation of whores.

[hmsbeagle]

nothing wrong with whores . been around longer than the bible .

[miguelisimo2000]

so perfectly said.

[robotfog]

the worst whores are in the legislature, of course.

[jonmonbuckeye]

who cares folks? with everything that is going on, this is news? wow... just....wow.

[toxicbrainpoison]

one girl slacked on aids testing and a number of performers paid the price.