Techcrunch: Adultfriendfinder sold for almost 1 billion dollars

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by Greg B

That's like $980 million too much.

I want to meet these investors that:

A: Are willing to invest REAL money in adult companies
B: Invest in companies without hard assets as opposed to companies WITH hard assets...
C: Want to invest without throwing out the the owner and screwing up the company.

Line them up....right here.

[Forest]

before gonzo gets in and says it

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LARSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Forest

before gonzo gets in and says it

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LARSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Kind of makes sense now doesnt it?

[Hell Puppy]

I dont question that they were sold, or even who they were perhaps sold to. That all makes sense if you look at the pieces.

Now if the deal was for a billion, I cant see that being a cash deal. That type of cash requires public funds, usually stock, and you cant keep that on the down low for long.

Then again, there's a Hoffa in charge of the Teamsters again, wonder what the pension fund is investing in these days?

[Toby]

The latest rumor is that the buyer is Penthouse and the sale figure is closer to $500 milllion.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Toby

The latest rumor is that the buyer is Penthouse and the sale figure is closer to $500 milllion.

More believable...

I do hear that the new ownership behind Penthouse has access to some creative financing options....

[RawAlex]

While I wouldn't want to claim anyone would have worked to artificially inflate the value of property, this all would make the Zango and torrent marketing campaigns make much more sense. Keeping the main properties in the alexa top 100 and top 1000 respectively is certainly a way to add or retain value.

The bigger question in the end would be what this means for their affiliate program. I cannot picture a new player coming in and wanting to keep paying very high payouts per signup, as it is no longer justified to just keep the traffic flowing. They need to extract all the net income they can from the properties, which is likely best achieved by collected the monthly fees from the existing users and attempting to internally upsell them, rather than paying outsiders for traffic. Certainly cutting the costs of traffic in half (going, say, to a $50 payout instead of a $100 or higher) would have a beneficial effect on the bottom line, at least in the short run.

It all depends who took it. It also depends if they decide to seperate out or split off the "sex" parts of the business (such as live chat cams) and run that independantly or sell it to a third party.

Lars may finally be allowed to come out of his hideout and explain himself!

[Toby]

Originally Posted by Forest

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LARSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Lars is denying that AFF has been sold, so I say fuck Lars he doesn't want to be free.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Toby

Lars is denying that AFF has been sold, so I say fuck Lars he doesn't want to be free.

My guess is Lars doesnt know.

Becky says that ARS hasnt been sold either.

[Hammer]

It's a publicity stunt.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Hammer

It's a publicity stunt.

Ill take that bet!

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Ill take that bet!

OK. I'll bet you $1billion.