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Porn Industry After $5 Billion Federal Bailout

By Staff

Las Vegas Weekly | January 8, 2009

As the 2009 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo opens in Las Vegas this week, Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis and HUSTLER magazine publisher Larry Flynt are hoping to get a financial bailout for the adult entertainment industry, a spokesperson for Francis announced today.

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Tags: pornography, Hustler, economic issues, bailouts, AVN, Girls Gone Wild, Joe Francis, Larry Flynt

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