Porn biz, that is. Not actual porn (you pervs..)

In case you missed the link to this NY Times story on our Media News feed (the block on the right) - a quick summary: Penthouse buys Various, which owns adultfriendfinder.com and a bunch of other 'couples-oriented' porn properties. Media junkies of course recall that the path to the VCR lay through the porn world, and much of the current media expectations of the non-porn-viewing audience (that you can record, watch later, swap, TiVo, etc.) can be directly traced to technology first deployed in the X-rated world.

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Comcast and AT&T still derive heavy revenue from pay-per-view porn in hotel rooms. How long before erosion of that extremely large-margin business -- which certainly migrates to the web -- is visible? Will we see one of these carriers buy an 'adult' web content provider?