Episode 5: The Billionaire Who Took Down Porn
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06/28/22 • 38 min
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A billionaire hedge fund manager reads a scathing column about a popular porn site. He sends an angry text to the CEO of MasterCard. Almost overnight, the biggest porn company in the world changes dramatically.
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A billionaire hedge fund manager reads a scathing column about a popular porn site. He sends an angry text to the CEO of MasterCard. Almost overnight, the biggest porn company in the world changes dramatically.
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Hot Money: The New Narcos - Episode 5: The Billionaire Who Took Down Porn
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Pushkin. We are two journalists from the Financial Times. We've spent six months following the money in porn. Our aim has been to find out who rules the industry. In this episode, we bring you our encounters with some of the biggest financial companies in the world and some of the most explicit discussions of sex in this series so far. So please be aware this is definitely content for adults.
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