Alex Barker is a Global Media Editor at various leading publications. He focuses on topics related to the media landscape, particularly in the United Kingdom, with insights into major players like Netflix, Twitter, and Disney. His work has been featured in the Financial Times, The Australian Financial Review, New Zealand Herald, Yahoo Finance, and The Athletic.
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Financial pressure pushed MindGeek to alter its practices radically. But one of its biggest rivals changed almost nothing
This is an audio transcript of the Hot Money podcast episode: ‘Inside porn’s star chamber’[MUSIC PLAYING]Patricia NilssonAs you all know by now, we made a series to investigate where power lies in the porn industry.
Previously on Hot Money: A secretive former banker bought MindGeek, a giant porn company whose flagship site was driven by user-generated videos. The law allowed MindGeek to take a hands-off approach to moderation, largely avoiding legal liability for the content that users posted to their site. When we started our investigation into the adult industry, we thought online porn was basically unregulated, uncontrollable in a way, just too big for any government to handle.
A mysterious, ex-banker swooped in to buy Fabian Thylmann’s porn sites. He managed to keep his identity a secret for years — until Patricia rumbled his game
Co-founder steps down as CEO with the streaming industry facing pressure to show it can be profitable
Family and strategic questions may test Lachlan Murdoch as he inherits the influential media empire
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