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Vivid Entertainment Group
 NEWS FROM THE STANDARD
Free Sex! Well, Almost
Aug 11 2000 03:07 PM PDT

 PROFILE
It doesn't take much imagination to see why Vivid Entertainment Group is so popular with some film buffs. The company is the world's top producer of adult films, releasing some 80 new titles each year. Fans of the form know the company best for its "Vivid Girls," a gaggle of porn starlets like Ginger Lynn signed to exclusive contracts. It sells its titles to the rental market and direct to consumers through retail outlets and its online mail-order site (vividvideo.com). Vivid also distributes the films through cable and satellite pay-per-view. Steve Hirsch and David James, who together started the company in 1984, control Vivid.

 COMPETITION
Larry Flynt Publishing Inc. (dossier)
Metro Global Media, Inc. (MGMAE)
Private Media Group Inc. (PRVT)

 DEALS
Deal: Vivid Video Chooses Essociate Software and Systems
Date Announced: 09.28.99
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 0
Description: Vivid Video, a producer of adult films and multimedia, will utilize the affiliate advertising software package developed by Essociate for Internet marketing and statistics.

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: June
2000 Sales (mil.): 80.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 60.0%
Employees: 150
Revenue per employee: $533,333.33

 KEY PEOPLE
• William Asher
    CEO
• Gail Ertz
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
15127 Califa St.
Van Nuys, CA 91411
US
Phone: 818-908-0481
Fax: 818-908-1324

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