Strange Bedfellows: Advertising & Porn, Part II

Strange Bedfellows: Advertising & Porn, Part II

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From the Digital Box Set: This week, it’s part two of our Strange Bedfellows episode. It’s not just smaller brands that are beginning to advertise on porn sites, Hollywood has come knocking, too. Large audiences and cheap ad rates are making advertisers ignore the risk in the hunt for reward. At the same time, porn sites are starting to advertise in mainstream media, and are trying to entice advertisers with analytics, public service messages and even college scholarships. It’s an interesting crossroad and a very dangerous intersection. This is an archived episode that aired originally on May 12, 2016.