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This chat with Jules Jordan was held in the Adult DVD Talk Chat Room on June 12, 2002 and sponsored by XRentDVD. Stay up-to-date on Jules' work at Many thanks to Jules Jordan, Tricia Devereaux, and XRentDVD!

This chat was unmoderated. Jules did a great job keeping up with the questions.
This transcript has been edited for brevity.

some of the pre-chat banter
snowden_porn:  hi all - anyone know what time it is in USA and how long till Jules gets here???
Gattman2:  snowden im guessing around an hour and 1/2, where are you logged in from
snowden_porn:  London Uk - its almost 2am here!!! I'm tired!
Gattman2:  its 10.35am Thursday in Melbourne Australia - it should start around 3.30am your time
snowden_porn:  well lucky i'm not doing anything tomorrow then!
lonewolf:  so this's the JJ chat huh?? where's the man at?
GattMan:  lonewolf around another hour yet
lonewolf:  aw shucks
XRentGuy:  Everyone waiting for Mr. Jordan??
lonewolf:  yea
Ron:  So when is JJ coming around together with Trish?
Steph:  Jules will be here around 7pm, Tricia will be about 10 minutes later
GattMan:  got to try and not to say Here Comes Mr Jordan
Ron:  Got a question or comment for JJ. Use Gauge in Space Invaderz 2 with lots of circus acts.
bono-ONE:  Gauge kicks ass!!!! Can't wait to see her in Flesh Hunter 3
Ron:  Me 3
snowden_porn:  i want FH3 bad too - i wanna see Alexa Rae again! and Jenna, and Guage, and Aurora, and...i forget the other girls name
bono-ONE:  Yeah Jenna H had a really good scene at the beginning of Flesh Hunter 2
Ron:  I wanna see more Aurora and Gauge dap and dpp. GBG 33 and 32 left me very unsatisfied emotionally
Muerte:  what is everyones favorite jules jordan flick
Ron:  Space Invaderz
snowden_porn:  Lex The Impaler 2 - then Ass Worship 2
Muerte:  lex 2 was good
bono-ONE:  I thought Lex 2 was ok - Monica Sweetheart looked awesome as usual
snowden_porn:  "Bet on Shyla or bet on the Impaler? Always bet on Black!"

Jules Jordan enters the chat room

Jules Jordan:  Whats up guys?

[Many hellos, welcomes, thanks for comings]

Jules Jordan:  I can type fast so don't worry - One Big thing i learned in high school

Augustwest:  glad you gave Everhard a chance

Jules Jordan:  ha

bono-ONE:  Saw Space Invaderz yesterday, a very good flick!!!! Aurora looked great

Jules Jordan:  yes space invaderz was a fun movie

Jules Jordan:  Tricia will be a little late tonight

bono-ONE:  Have you used Monica Sweetheart yet

Augustwest:  gina in New Breed was my fave

Jules Jordan:  yes gina lynn is probably my favorite - the best ass i have ever seen in my life

pornstarbets:  how was working with Luna?

Jules Jordan:  Luna is the perfect teen slut

Muerte:  Jules Are You A.....Breast, Leg or Ass man?

Jules Jordan:  ASS, no question

pornstarbets:  going to work with Luna anytime soon?

Ron:  Hey Jules, How was Gauge in FH 3? Any plans to use her in Space Invaderz 2?

Jules Jordan:  Gauge was great, she gained a little weight, esp. in the ass, it looked great

bono-ONE:  Lets have a Gauge and Monica Sweetheart two on one scene in Space Invaderz 2, sounds good to me!!!!!!

Jules Jordan:  Gauge will be in a lot of my new movies coming out this fall

goo:  Jules, what perfomer haven't you worked with that you want to?

Jules Jordan:  there are girls that come and go that i wished i had shot, but they leave too quickly

pornstarbets:  how many videos are you releasing this year

Jules Jordan:  12 movies/year maybe a few more

Ron:  Are you shooting Space Invaderz 2 or 3? Any inside scoop?

Jules Jordan:  hopefully start shooting Space Invaderz 3

Jules Jordan:  its hard getting the right girls and guys at the same time

Jules Jordan:  took over 6 months to make

Ron:  Shoot more of Shyla -- too bad she had that bad boob job

bono-ONE:  How about Michelle Wild, would you like to work with her if it was possible?

Jules Jordan:  michelle wild=hot, in europe though

justaguy:  Is there anything you'd like to see in one of your movies that you haven't been able to get a girl to do?

Jules Jordan:  shyla is no longer doing anal, but is currently doing movies. if she decides to do anal again i will shoot it - she is amazing

Ron:  Is Space Invaderz 2 and 3 a 3-on-1 with lots of dpp and dap. If so, when can I stand in line to buy the dvd?

bono-ONE:  I remember she did a Rocco movie and that was a pretty good scene

Ron:  Waaaaa Shyla no longer does anal and she was one of my fav dap girl

Muerte:  Jules.....Who Is Your Favorite Starlet?

Jules Jordan:  Jenna Haze was my fav. for awhile

Augustwest:  Krystal Steel... in anals from her

pornstarbets:  Kacey is one you should grab

Muerte:  kacey is the best

Jules Jordan:  krystal steal, maybe

Ron:  Yes Kacey can now deepthoat. Just saw her in the latest gangland and Joey's EA release

pornstarbets:  Kacey and Luna

Jules Jordan:  I have shot kacey before, hope to again soon

bono-ONE:  How about Rita Faltoyano is she exclusively in Europe

Jules Jordan:  yes rita hasn't hit U.S. soil yet

masterblaster:  how about making a trip to europe to tap those asses?

pornstarbets:  hannah harper is hot

Jules Jordan:  a lot of those girls have visa problems

Speelie:  You probably already said this, but will there be "Jules does Budapest" at some point?

Jules Jordan:  probably no Budapest, unless Budapest comes to LA

pornstarbets:  LA is the best

Ron:  That will be amazing -- JJ does all the babes in Booty Best

Jules Jordan:  I don't care for travelling to europe too much

Augustwest:  East coast baby I loved your East cost vids JJ

Jules Jordan:  yes my east coast movies were my very first ones - very hard to find talent there

Snowden_porn:  JULES - what are the chances of getting April Flowers to give you an anal scene???

Jules Jordan:  I have tried april flowers, believe me when she is ready you will see it from me first

Jules Jordan:  close anal in new breed #3 mr marcus kept trying to stick it in... she almost let him

Muerte:  i tried to stick it in my girlfriend and she punched me

Jules Jordan:  try lube

goo:  what was your first movie?

Jules Jordan:  LiveBait 1 - amateur movie

Jules Jordan:  odyssey group has my very first amateur scenes though

pornstarbets:  Which video of yours has sold the most units?

Warpig:  any scoop on Assworship 3

bono-ONE:  How about Lea de Mae, she always seems to do a good scene

Jules Jordan:  Lea de mae is great she comes to the US a lot

Ron:  How about Kimberly, the French Canadian?

pornstarbets:  Are you happy with Evil Angel?

Jules Jordan:  Evil Angel is the best company ever

Jules Jordan:  I would have never thought i would be shooting for my fav. company

bono-ONE:  Have you shot Judy Star yet, love that little French Canadian

Snowden_porn:  JULES - have you considered pairing Lex up with another brother for the Impaler series???

Jules Jordan:  no, I only want to see lex 1on1 scenes usually, they end up much more amazing, plus you usually see lex paired up with other people in anabolic movies

Ron:  Jules, you do an excellent job shooting and editing. If only Anabolic/Diabolic can learn from you. You need to start giving them lessons and charging

Muerte:  i agree

pornstarbets:  Anabolic is doing fine

Augustwest:  Hey ana and dia are ok

Jules Jordan:  Mike John is the best camera man in the business. Anabolic is a close favorite to evil angel

bono-ONE:  I would agree with that if you like POV stuff he is awesome

Snowden_porn:  JULES - I'm in love with Shyla - please tell me that you have her in your future plans???

Jules Jordan:  I have a blow job scene with shyla coming out next month for "Feeding Frenzy"

Ron:  Erik is learning to be a better cameraman -- goody

Augustwest:  Jules gave Erik one of his first roles

Jules Jordan:  Erik is an amazing director, his first movie had very solid camera work, with him operating camera

bono-ONE:  Hey Tricia !!!!!!

Steph:  Tricia!

Muerte:  hey tricia

Jules Jordan:  Hey tricia!

bono-ONE:  Great interview with John by Rog, a very interesting read

Speelie:  Hi Tricia!

Warpig:  Hi tricia

Jules Jordan:  yes rog's interview was great with john stagliano

Augustwest:  with Erik also 4 shots in 15 mins. wow

Tricia Devereaux:  Hey everyone sorry I was late... I'm just going to sit and catch up.

Muerte:  JULES.....what starlet have you had problems with on a set

Jules Jordan:  I have really not had too many problems with starlets on the set

Jules Jordan:  I usually cater to them, and get better scenes

Muerte:  smart jules

pornstarbets:  Do you get any from the starlets?

Jules Jordan:  The first night i met Devon we had sex in my car in front of her apartment

Muerte:  damn

pornstarbets:  cool

Jules Jordan:  if thats what you mean, "do i get any" haha

HoustonDon:  Jules: Do you ever read your reviews (it should help that most of them are so positive)?

Speelie:  Along with what HoustonDon just asked, are you surprised by your immediate Evil Angel success, or did you expect it?

Jules Jordan:  Well, Evil Angel allowed me to put much more into my product

Jules Jordan:  I had no more budget restrictions, I have to make a living

Ron:  Good ole EA -- letting JJ do his thang

Jules Jordan:  Although i'm just happy making porno and getting by doing it

pornstarbets:  You are the best director in the evil angel empire

Ron:  Pornstarbets -- SHHHH Mrs. JS is here and ...

Snowden_porn:  JULES - I liked the bit in Ass W2 where Eric is in Shyla's ass rocking her back and forth, then he holds her up in mid air for Lex to invade her ass. Please repeat that move in your future works!!

Jules Jordan:  Snowden- I discovered that "position" in Ass Worship 1 by accident, it is very hard but very interesting to watch

nickelodeon:  jules, how much does each of your movies actually cost to make?

Jules Jordan:  I dont keep track of how much i spend on a movie, when I feel it is ready it comes out - I dont care how much i spend

Warpig:  he deserves it, his stuff is great

Jules Jordan:  believe me because of time restrictions I cannot "overdo" it too bad

Muerte:  JULES.....does having the name jules jordan get you a lot of ass?

nickelodeon:  hey, he works in porn, of course he gets lots of ass

Jules Jordan:  muerte-not yet haha!

bono-ONE:  I really hate when the guy is climaxing and he totally misses the girl, does that bother you if that happens in a scene - Or if he does get it on her face he keeps jerking off and it misses her mouthat really bugs me

Jules Jordan:  u mean bad aim bono? yes bothers me maybe more than anything

pornstarbets:  fire them .lol

Jules Jordan:  that's the one truly unpredictable thing in porno

bono-ONE:  Yep but really what gets me is once the guy is climaxing he should just let the cum flow out into her mouth or face but stop jerking off,lol

Jules Jordan:  try aiming yourself one time bono, very hard, haha

bono-ONE:  That's why I like Down the Hatch so much you know right where the cum is going to go lol

Warpig:  any black actresses you'd like to get in your films?

pornstarbets:  Have you hung out with Randy West,acquaintance

Jules Jordan:  randy is great, he is more of an

Ron:  Hi Trish -- anything new and exciting coming out of EA other than JJ's stuff (which we already know)

Tricia Devereaux:  two major features in September

Ron:  how was the shoot?

Tricia Devereaux:  I'll tell you more after Jules says goodbye later

Jules Jordan:  I've seen pictures from Fashionistas, looks incredible!!!

Jules Jordan:  John Stagliano is the master and my main influence

Muerte:  jules what music are you into right now

Jules Jordan:  Muerte-metal/hip hop, i've shot music video stuff also, thats how i learned to operate a camera

Snowden_porn:  JULES - what would you say is your single best movie you've directed???

Jules Jordan:  snowden, I think its a tie between Flesh Hunter 1,2 and Ass Worship 1,2

pornstarbets:  Fleash Hunter 2 was my fav

Ron:  I preferred FH1 but maybe because I had problems with 2

nickelodeon:  jules, do you ever watch the really nasty pornos from Extreme like Cocktails?

Jules Jordan:  I watch tons of porn, probably $1500/year

pornstarbets:  good homework

Jules Jordan:  I watch every thing that appeals to me, which is usually the cast of girls

YogaGrrl:  Jules, how did you meet John?

Jules Jordan:  I have sent john tapes sporadically over the past 5 yrs

Ron:  JJ try to shoot Paris. She is young and will do anything

bono-ONE:  Any starlets retired you would have liked to shoot like say a Nikki Dial

Muerte:  i want raylene to come back

Jules Jordan:  bono-tiffany mynx

bono-ONE:  cool

Ron:  Tiff_M is cute - Saw her twice a while back

astroknight:  if you could bring any of the girls you previously shot who have now retired back for another scene, who would it be?

Jules Jordan:  astro- prob. leanni or brittney baer

bono-ONE:  What kind of scene would you put together for say a Jenna Jameson or Tera Patrick if they would work for you

Jules Jordan:  bono-something that they have never done before - I like to shoot girls in unique situations, for them anyway, like the Lex/Alexa Rae scene

astroknight:  do you have a personal favorite of your movies?

Jules Jordan:  astro-maybe Flesh Hunter 2

pornstarbets:  I love your Luna shot in FH

Ron:  Jules, who is the easier girl to work with -- nice and sweet? Kacey seems real nice.

Jules Jordan:  yes Luna is very playful

Jules Jordan:  kacey is very cool

goo:  what was yer favorite porno before you were making porn?

astroknight:  what other directors do you pay the most attention to?

Ron:  Kacey can now deep throat. I am very impressed. Get more of Kacey, Jules

Rieekan:  How was Jeanie Rivers in Flesh Hunter 2?

Jules Jordan:  Jeanie Rivers is amazing - I caught her on her "comeback"

Jules Jordan:  I shot her fist anal that will probably be in Ass Worship 3

bono-ONE:  The Jenna Haze scene in #2 was awesome, is the scene in #3 as good

DrewBlackADT:  Is Jenna Haze as fucked up of a person as Quasarman makes her out to be?

astroknight:  a fist anal! that's even better than a first anal! ;)

lunacy:  maybe it was a freudian slip

Jules Jordan:  haha first anal, fist anal would be cool to

Jules Jordan:  Jenna Haze scene in Flesh Hunter 2 may be my fav. scene I've ever shot

Jules Jordan:  Jenna is a teenager - she is a cool person, but goes through lots of stuff that young girls in this biz go through

pornstarbets:  Hope she does a gang bang soon

Warpig:  what do young girls in the biz go through?

Speelie:  She's an American teenager too, and Americans of many ages are sometimes less mature than Europeans of the same age.

Snowden_porn:  JULES - hint...Jenna Haze + Lex in Impaler 3

Jules Jordan:  Gangbang? Jenna ? no chance with JKP - she is condom only now

bono-ONE:  to bad Jenna is under contract to JKP

Jules Jordan:  barely doing boy/girl

Ron:  so sad to see Jenna go to JKP but good for her

Jules Jordan:  I wish LEx the impaler for Jenna but, NO CHANCE

HoustonDon:  so Jules, ever think of doing audio commentaries on your dvds?

astroknight:  any chance of a Tricia Devereaux solo scene in a future jj film????

Ron:  Yes, Jules, you should shoot a Mr and Mrs John Stagliano scene

Jules Jordan:  only if tricia does the cream pie swallow. HAHA just kidding

Jules Jordan:  kind of an inside joke

(Tricia is out grabbing a soda.)

Ron:  Hey, Tricia is running away just when we are discussing her cumback

TommyHill:  Hey Jules there was this cool snippit in Live Bait #03 or New Breed #03 where Britt Baer almost has a heart attack in this hotel room.. what happened PLEASE

Jules Jordan:  in live bait #3 we were shooting in inner harbor in baltimore against a window, and we noticed everyone below was staring up to the window we were fucking against

astroknight:  what's the funniest thing that's happened to you during a shoot?

Jules Jordan:  astro-projectiles hitting the camera during an anal scene

bono-ONE:  What celebrity would you like to do a scene with?

Jules Jordan:  Jennifer Lopez

bono-ONE:  YUCK

Jules Jordan:  Iff i could just shoot her ass!

Tricia Devereaux:  ok, i'm back

Muerte:  kirsten dunst

Porky:  butt missiles

Speelie:  Shh, Tricia's back...

pornstarbets:  How mant people are on a set?

Jules Jordan:  very small sets for me, I usually do everything if i am not performing, now thats quality control

pornstarbets:  good for you

astroknight:  how long does your average scene take to film?

Jules Jordan:  in and out with makeup about 4-5 hours

pornstarbets:  Do you ever want to jump in a scene when filming

Jules Jordan:  pornstarbets-usually i am in a different mind set when filming than when performing

pornstarbets:  true artist

oly:  are all the bugs worked out of flesh hunter 2 ?? i am looking to purchase it if it will play in my sony dvd player

oly:  will it work in sony dvd players

Jules Jordan:  I have a sony dvd player and they have always worked fine in a sony

oly:  thanks JULes i plan to order tonite you the man

YogaGrrl:  Jules, what are your favorite and least favorite aspects of production?

Jules Jordan:  Favorite-shooting scenes that come together great / least-deadlines

Ron:  Jules, any new titles with double anals? I am the double anal fan

Jules Jordan:  Double anal is a special thing, and is reserved for special series such as Space Invaderz

astroknight:  are there any of your scenes out there that you wish you could take back?

Jules Jordan:  No I stand behind all my scenes since Live Bait

oly:  MR> JULES do you plan to use MEllisa milano in any scenes soon??

Jules Jordan:  I have tried to shoot melissa milano, hopefully soon

Tricia Devereaux:  Jules - sorry, just saw your creampie comment.

Steph:  tricia :)

Jules Jordan:  haha, knew you'd like that

Tricia Devereaux:  I'd take a facial from you any day Jules! I'd just let you have your way with me and pull my hair and stuff

astroknight:  ooooooooh. stuff!!!!!! ;)

Jules Jordan:  I'll let brandon iron take care of that for you

Ron:  Wee Can I buy that dvd with Trish and Jules? Pretty please?

Tricia Devereaux:  Ok, that's cool too!!!!!!

pornstarbets:  How old are you Jules

Jules Jordan:  I am 30 as of a few weeks ago

Jules Jordan:  what is everyones favorite scene that i have shot and why?

oly:  your scene with Jenna haze

Ron:  Space Invaderz with Aurora

oly:  in flesh hunter 2

Tricia Devereaux:  the scene with you and Bella in Ass Worship 1

Speelie:  Jenna Haze is my favorite too.

bono-ONE1:  Jenna in Flesh Hunter 2 because she takes three loads and then swallows, plus anal, very good!!!!!

astroknight:  tough call, but probably one of the leanni lei scenes

Muerte:  the jenna scene

pornstarbets:  I love Luna scene, maybe her outfit does it for me. Do Videos with girls in ohot outfits

Jules Jordan:  Belladonna is the queen of anal and should win performer of the year this year

astroknight:  she has such a great spirit of fun about her

Speelie:  Tommy Rose with Lex was good.

Tricia Devereaux:  Belladonna is the queen of everything, IMO

Ron:  Is Bella coming back to porn or has she run away for good with Nacho?

astroknight:  belladonna is amazing!

oly:  yeah the bottom feeders with leanna lei where she is dpd

Tricia Devereaux:  She's back!!!!

Warpig:  Belladonna in AW2, never seen anything like it

Snowden_porn:  Shyla in Impaler 2. The new look of hers is great, nice hair color, nice style, looked fit, nice new babylons, great anal scene. I loved the bit where Lex is fucking her so hard she almost falls off the bed.

Jules Jordan:  It's funny there is more thought with costuming than you think, these girls do not show up with these outfits usally

bono-ONE1:  But aren't those awards slanted towards companies like Wicked and Vivid who do more couples stuff - Bella is quite the performer I have enjoyed all the senes I have watched her in

pornstarbets:  Turn on to see hot outfits before they fuck

oly:  say Jules to you answer email from fans

Jules Jordan:  yes i answer all emails

Tricia Devereaux:  it seems like Jules is on the internet more than I am!

Jules Jordan:  Flesh Hunter 3 is coming out in a few weeks and stars Austin O'Reilly, Gauge, Alexa Rae,Jenna Haze, Aurora Snow and Jessica

Muerte:  thats a hot cast

pornstarbets:  hoe is Gauge in FH3?

Tricia Devereaux:  Lucky Jules - he got to fuck Jenna and Aurora in the same scene! Very hot!

bono-ONE1:  Great looking cast for #3

Speelie:  Is Jessica a Czech girl, or is this an American one?

Ron:  Any previews of FH3? It looks great but the dvd is delayed by a week or two (sigh)

Jules Jordan:  Feeding Frenzy is coming in July and features all blowjobs, most with multiple guys, and lots of swallowing

Tricia Devereaux:  same Jessica as in Space Invaderz

Jules Jordan:  jessica czech

bono-ONE1:  That sounds great how about a cast list for Feeding Frenzy

Ron:  Czech Jess -- cool

Speelie:  I thought so, she did some LeCastel movies about 18 months ago.

Jules Jordan:  Feeding Frenzy, kind of an all star cast from all my movies=jenna haze, shyla, judy star, aurora, alexa rae...

Ron:  Is this the reboobed or original Shyla?

bono-ONE1:  Great I see Judy Star in there, love to watch her on screen

Jules Jordan:  original shyla ron

Ron:  Oh goodie. Original Shyla -- I have to get that dvd

Snowden_porn:  I think her new boobs look brill

Diesel:  Sorry if this has been discussed, but Jules directed DEVON: THE LOST FOOTAGE?

Jules Jordan:  Devon the lost footage was some of my very first scenes - very amateur

astroknight:  they definitely have your feel to them

Diesel:  It was one of her better videos...Did Vivid just keep it in the vaults until she got popular?

Steph:  jules, filmed in the back of your car? ;)

Rieekan:  lol

Jules Jordan:  no i just had sex with devon in the back of my car a few times

Jules Jordan:  yes vivid has had the footage since 97 - I discovered devon and gave her to vivid

astroknight:  i can't believe that vivid didn't even give you a directors credit on that!

Diesel:  I don't believe you are in the credits! It would probably sell even more copies with your director's credit!

Jules Jordan:  Vivid or Devon never gave me credit, they made up a story that I was her boyfriend and sent the tape to vivid

goo:  i guess vivid doesn't know how popular you are

Diesel:  Yes, I reviewed LOST FOOTAGE and they make it look like it was given to them anonymously

HoustonDon:  Jules: How many movies have you made so far?

Jules Jordan:  Houston, not sure maybe 30 or 40

HoustonDon:  How many are on dvd?

Tricia Devereaux:  6 or 7 of those are for Evil Angel - All of his VHS for EA have been released on DVD

HoustonDon:  the best are from Evil, I'm sure

Jules Jordan:  Rosebud is coming out with a slew of my old titles soon

astroknight:  Rosebud seems to be giving them a decent treatment from the one I've seen

Speelie:  Cashing in on your new, even higher popularity.

Tricia Devereaux:  My favorite titles of him from Rosebud were the Bottom Feeders ones.

Diesel:  Rosebud has good transfers, but mediocre extras and sloppily produced DVDs

HoustonDon:  cashing in is what porn is best known for

Jules Jordan:  yes my best are from evil angel

astroknight:  with jj's popularity rosebud and pleasure would be stupid to not try to cash in on it!

Necrosys:  Whats the deal with Bottom Feeders being rereleased in better quality?

Ron:  EA is an exception to the porn company sleeze

Jules Jordan:  there were many issues with production at rosebud/pleasure, we had a few creative differnces

HoustonDon:  Ron-true

Snowden_porn:  JULES - is Alexa Rae dead set against doing anal???

pornstarbets:  Jassie is hot

Jules Jordan:  Bottom feeders has been released in dvd9 format instead of 5, better quality

Necrosys:  is there a way to tell which is which or are the DVD5 no longer available?

Jules Jordan:  Alexa has done anal for max and a few other people, just can't convince her these days, if she decides you will see it here first

Jules Jordan:  well not first but you know...

goo:  yeah fist

Warpig:  Jules-is there a secret to the gape, or is it a some can some can't kinda thing?

Ron:  If she did anal with Max, why is she worried? Max pisses on all his girls

Ron:  literally

pornstarbets:  lol

bono-ONE1:  She has got a great body , the Lex 2 dvd was the first scene of hers I have seen

Jules Jordan:  gaping i think is all muscle control, some girls do it some don't

Tricia Devereaux:  Yeah, the girls love Jules. He's one of those directors who gets the best from them.

astroknight:  does alexa have as much attitude as comes off on screen?

Snowden_porn:  she looked great in Impaler2

Diesel:  Again, sorry if this question has been asked, but what directors mainstream or otherwise do you respect

Jules Jordan:  I would love to shoot a lot of these "contract" girls my way

Jules Jordan:  that is what i did with alexa

Snowden_porn:  so would we!

Speelie:  I do hope some more Euro girls come to LaLa land.

Jules Jordan:  Alexa is a good friend of mine, no attitude at all, just has kind of an intense persona

Porky:  How was Monica Sweetheart to work with?

Snowden_porn:  I liked the bit in the extra footage where you say to her "OK Alexa - ready for anal?"

Ron:  Monica seems nice

Jules Jordan:  I love all directors at evil angel

pornstarbets:  did you consider working with Anabolic before EA

Jules Jordan:  I am very good friends with everyone at anabolic

Tricia Devereaux:  I can say that John Stagliano loved Jules' stuff for a long time...

Tricia Devereaux:  We used to have sex watching his stuff for Pleasure and Rosebud...

Steph:  tricia that's a heck of a compliment!

astroknight:  wow!

Diesel:  Ever interested in making movies on film, like WILD GOOSE CHASE or FACE DANCE?

Jules Jordan:  I am too impatient for film i think

bono-ONE1:  There is a girl who was in 110% Natural 2 called Trixi, she needs to work for JJ and Evil Angel

pornstarbets:  and Peaches from breaking em in 2

Warpig:  Jules, if you could bring any starlet out of retirement to shoot, who would it be?

Tricia Devereaux:  John's very selective, and knew that Jules would be a great addition

Jules Jordan:  haha! the one good thing about porn is there are so many girls all across the world

Diesel:  I can't think of a single director or studio who hasn't been influenced by Stagliano

Ron:  Get Paris Jules. She is real cute and loud

Muerte:  JULES....which do you like more Blondes, redheads or brunetts? i like redheads

Speelie:  Is Rebekah Jordan, aka Kinky, doing any work in the USA? She would be great with Jules.

pornstarbets:  Hannah Harper looks like Anna Koruakova get her

bono-ONE1:  How about coaxin Aria Giovanni into doing a b/g scene, then I would really be a huge fan!!!!

masterblaster:  Paris is hot, she did a great scene in service animal

Jules Jordan:  I truly have no preference usually and look at bodies before hair color

Ron:  Rebekah Jordan aka Kinky is in Gangbang Gilr 33

Tricia Devereaux:  Hey Jules - I'm all hot about Feeding Frenzy now. You've got mail for after the chat.

Diesel:  That would be cool, Bono...but Blake says she probably will never do guy girl

pornstarbets:  Kimberly from Gang bang 32 is hot

Jules Jordan:  If aria had considered doing b/g i would have been first in line, I think what maybe sealed that fate was her getting popular so fast and becoming a penthouse pet

astroknight:  if you could have "your way" with any one girl currently under contract with another company, who would you pick?

Ron:  Kimberly from GBG 32 is hotter in Lewd Conduct 13 and GBA 8. Get Kimberly Jules

Diesel:  Aria became an "elite" Studio A girl real fast. Not that I'm complaining...

Tricia Devereaux:  isn't hannah harper still with Legend?

Jules Jordan:  astro-tera patrick, jenna, gina lynn

bono-ONE1:  Yeah Kimberly is a good performer

Speelie:  Tricia, i think so.

Jules Jordan:  I just missed kimberly about 6 mo. ago

pornstarbets:  just signed wityh Legend, too bad

Ron:  Is Aria the previous Marie Silva or a different Aria?

Jules Jordan:  different aria

Tricia Devereaux:  Aria from Andrew Blake's movies

Ron:  Has Kimberly retired -- soo sad

Jules Jordan:  any last questions or comments?

Speelie:  Thanks for the chat Jules.

goo:  thanks for chatting with us!

astroknight:  just thanks for chatting with us so long!!!!

bono-ONE1:  Keep up the great work!!!!

Rieekan:  thanks jules

Warpig:  Jules, keep up the good work, and add some black chicks

Ron:  more dap Jules

Steph:  Jules, great chat! thank you!

pornstarbets:  yeah jules

masterblaster:  thank you Jules

Porky:  Thanks, Jules

Rieekan:  More Jeanie Rivers ;)

Tricia Devereaux:  after Jules heads out, I'll stick around a little...

Ron:  see ya jules

Muerte:  JULES....I Think You A Great director And I Look Forward To Seeing You Stuff In The Future

Tricia Devereaux:  and answer some questions about Evil Angel in general

YogaGrrl:  Thanks, Jules!

Jules Jordan:  I would definately like to thank ADT and all the great reviewers, you guys have made my dvd's a huge success

HoustonDon:  Jules, don't be a stranger here - the forums are open 7days a week, 24 hours a day

Ron:  and please post updates

Diesel:  Thanks to Steph, Drew and Trish for letting your fans chat with you.

Kimi_Lixx:  have a good evening Mr Jordan

Tricia Devereaux:  Thanks Jules!!!!!!

Snowden_porn:  JULES - Keep them extra footage bonus thingys coming!!!!!

Steph:  Jules - the succes is all due to the product you make

HoustonDon:  Yay Jules!

astroknight:  Thanks for making movies good enough we can give the great reviews to!

necromedia:  Thanks Jules!!!!

lonewolf:  hey Jules ya rock man!!

pornstarbets:  see you the the SF valley

Jules Jordan:  yes and please do not read TOO MUCH into what you see on extra behind the scenes features

Ron:  Keep it up Jules Two thumbs up

lonewolf:  how bout some more scenes w/ Alexa??

Snowden_porn:  That was wicked - i haven't had a good chat session for ages - and its now 4:15am my time!!!

Jules Jordan:  There are more scenes with alexa coming

HoustonDon:  Alexa-Yum!

Ron:  I have to play FH 2 with Alexa. Mhy old player would never play the scene

lonewolf:  awesome!

Muerte:  jules.....tell alexa i'll see her in my dreams

Steph:  Jules - keep us posted in the forum

Jules Jordan:  thanks to for sponsoring this chat

lonewolf:  oh oh and Belladonna .......we love Bella Jules :)

Jules Jordan:  look for my website coming soon, will feature pics and videos from upcoming movies - - thanks guys!!!!

HoustonDon:  It's Tricia Time!

astroknight:  okay, he's gone. now we can really talk about him ;)

Tricia Devereaux:  seriously, Jules is my favorite director (other than John) to work on his DVDs, because he loves DVDs so much

Ron:  Hi Trish, now all the fans gather around Trish :)

lonewolf:  tricia!!!

YogaGrrl:  It shows :)

Tricia Devereaux:  and is so into giving us cool stuff for extra footage

Snowden_porn:  feeding frenzy sounds good! cant wait for that and FH3

astroknight:  now we just need a tricia scene in a jj movie....

Speelie:  Tricia, is Beautiful Girls 5 still due June 25 on DVD as far as you know?

lonewolf:  i've only seen trish in "bad wives"!! what else do i need ta check out??

bono-ONE1:  Yep Feeding Frenzy sounds like it will be awesome

Tricia Devereaux:  BG5 - so far, yes

Muerte:  jules was cool

astroknight:  jules was a GREAT chat. thanks to steph, tricia, and xrent for setting it up!

bono-ONE1:  Gangbang Girl 17 is awesome look for that one

Snowden_porn:  he done well to answer all teh questions! hes a top man

Muerte:  learned he's an ass man - cares more about body than hair color

Ron:  Yup, more feedin' fancy around Trish

Tricia Devereaux:  I just emailed Jules and said I'd love for Brandon to jackoff on me!!!!

Tricia Devereaux:  Jules is the only guy I know who can type as fast as me!

Muerte:  {:)

Tricia Devereaux:  Sorry again that I was late...

Ron:  Can we see that scene of Brandon jerking off on you Trish, Pretty please? :)

Tricia Devereaux:  Well, I just hope it gets a chance to get shot by someone!

HoustonDon:  Tricia, we like whatever time you can spare for us

Tricia Devereaux:  It was a longer rehearsal than expected for John Stagliano's film - We're in the middle of shooting Fashionistas, a 35mm film

Ron:  Yes, Trish. What is the inside scoop on the shoot?

Tricia Devereaux:  Starring Rocco Siffredi, Belladonna, Taylor St. Claire, Sharon Wild, Chelsea Blue, Manuel Ferrara, Kate Frost, Caroline Pierce

Darkmage:  Wow... a porn rehearsal. That sounds so much like... foreplay!

astroknight:  DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!! when does fashionist come out???!!!

Ron:  Is this a wild and crazy film?

Tricia Devereaux:  Well, we have 20 pages of dialogue tomorrow, and it's going to be a minimum of a 15 hour day.

bono-ONE1:  Tricia please try and get Michelle Wild again if possible when you guys do another film in Europe or is she under contract

Tricia Devereaux:  We're shooting for 15 days total, plus about 5 or 6 rehearsal days

Darkmage:  Ouch. Don't they ever have like normal hour days when they make a movie? Does it have to be 15 hours a day, in the snow, during a monsoon?

Kimi_Lixx:  uphill... both ways...

Tricia Devereaux:  the movie is awesome so far, Bella is the best ever

Speelie:  Michelle Wild is under contract to Kovi's company, Kovi then sells his movies to Private.

Tricia Devereaux:  Well, locations can cost a fortune, plus the film camera and camera equipment cost us $18,000 to rent...

Tricia Devereaux:  just for the 25 days that we rented it as it is.

Tricia Devereaux:  We definitely didn't want to go even more days. Plus the big crew we have is expensive too.

Darkmage:  Ah. For some odd reason, I figured the production company would actually own the equipment, not rent them.

Tricia Devereaux:  the hours aren't bad. The movie world is used to long days

Speelie:  I remember getting Whitrock's Real Golden Showers Video 2 about 3 years ago. I wondered who this Belladonna was, who pissed on Wild Bill in the shower. - She was a blonde back then.

Tricia Devereaux:  Even mainstream companies often don't own their equipment. They rent, and then they can write off the full amount.

Darkmage:  Do the companies they rent from do this as a living? "Bob's movie camera rentals, Inc.?"

HoustonDon:  Plus, if they own the equipment, it gives the fed s more to take

Tricia Devereaux:  Besides, Evil Angel hasn't shot on 35mm in 10 years. It wouldn't make sense to own that equpment

astroknight:  bella was hot as a blonde

YogaGrrl:  Tricia, 25 days seems pretty amazing. Is that your longest shoot, or have you done one longer?

GattMan:  lone could be but im in Australia so.....

Darkmage:  Tricia - good point!

Ron:  So Trish, what was the interesting update from 1 hour ago? Inquiring minds want to know

Tricia Devereaux:  darkmage- there are TONS of places in the LA/hollywood area that rent camera/sound/lighting equipment as their only thing they do.

Tricia Devereaux:  Different places for each type of equipment

Tricia Devereaux:  Ron- sorry, I'm confused

Speelie:  I'm glad john Stagliano is keeping himself challenged. It is easy to get jaded after making porn year after year.

Ron:  I too don't remember but it was something about new releases?

Tricia Devereaux:  astro - exactly. I'm so excited for him! This is way bigger than Wild Goose Chase and Face Dance put together!

Speelie:  Rocco has seemed bored lately, The Ass Collector hopefully rejuvenated him.

astroknight:  ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

Tricia Devereaux:  Oh, Ron - this is the stuff. About The Fashionistas and Ass Collector. Our big September releases

astroknight:  is wild goose chase still on schedule for this month?

Ron:  What is the ass collectors about?

Steph:  tricia any updates on your solo flick? release date?

* astroknight counting the days until he can see Wild Goose Chase on DVD

Tricia Devereaux:  Steph - I've been devoting all my time to the movies for the other directors. I'll get back to mine in a month or so

Speelie:  So based on what John said in Rog's interview, we weren't imagining things when we saw a male on male BJ in Ass Collector.

Ron:  Trish, Is this the all male title?

Tricia Devereaux:  Ron - yes

Tricia Devereaux:  Speelie - what?!

Ron:  okay, I will pass on it if you don't mind Trish. I would normally get anything with you but I will pass this time

Speelie:  John said there would be a bi moment in a September released EA movie from a leading director. And the trailer for Ass Colelctor shows a guy getting spooged on his face. - Den wrote about it on CAVR too.

Ron:  What is that speelie? A bi shot in which title (I want to know what not to get)

Speelie:  Ass Collector, in the trailer, has a moment of a guy getting his face jizzed on by another guy.

Steph:  aww comeon Ron, you like DAP, why not bi? :p

Ron:  Sort of weird ain't it Steph?

Speelie:  John S. talks about a bi moment in an upcoming movie in his interview with Rog.

Ron:  I will have to check out Rog's site

Speelie:  I'm not complaining, I think it is interesting. I'll still watch the movie, though I might FF a bit.

Ron:  In DVD, one can press the next track

* Thanos gives a big hug to tricia also

Tricia Devereaux:  aw, thanks

lonewolf:  hey um.....i might be a lil' late here but whas JJordan doin after Flesh Hunter 3?? anyone..Trish??

Thanos:  I've "Slept" with tricia ;)

Tricia Devereaux:  a blowjob movie called Feeding Frenzy

lee:  thanos - wow!!

Tricia Devereaux:  hey, now... don't get people all excited

Ron:  What is going on for us outsiders? :)

lonewolf:  Thanos uv slept w/ Trish??? Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

GattMan:  tricia you havent gotten me excited yet

Muerte: you like width or length

Tricia Devereaux:  width for pussy, length for anal

Tricia Devereaux:  OK guys, gotta go...

lee:  nite tricia.

Ron:  Night Trish

DivxGuy:  Nite, Tricia

Tricia Devereaux:  the film has a 7:30am call time

Porky:  See ya Tricia

bono-ONE1:  Have a good night Tricia and hope your daughter is doing well

Steph:  tricia - thanks for everything!

YogaGrrl:  nite, Tricia

lonewolf:  hey is Nacho doin anything hteese dayz??

Speelie:  by tricia

Muerte:  later tricia

Kimi_Lixx:  g'night tricia

Tricia Devereaux:  Love ya, all

lonewolf:  oh well......g'night Tricia

lonewolf:  i'mma go 2

GattMan:  tricia even me?

Muerte:  yes i am gatt {:)

Tricia Devereaux:  Bye Kimi, thanos, speelie, everyone!!!!

Rieekan:  later tricia

Thanos:  bye tricia

astroknight:  bye tricia!

Tricia Devereaux:  One more plug for xrentdvd... anyone who likes Jules' Evil Angel movies should look into their sale

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Loving understanding woman very compassionate and horny very horny Someone enjoy sex as much as me if not more I'm going to put out even when I'm not Orally I love to give my women happy sexually

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It's a job

My idea of a great date
The first date maybe go out to dinner a movie and see how it goes without to just me that you. It also depends on what you like to do

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Diversification Really Does Pay Off

January 26, 2010

by Geoff Considine, Ph.D.

The last decade severely tested investors belief in the value of diversification and strategic asset allocation, leading some in the financial media to assert that diversification and asset allocation failed and were worthless during the crash of 2007-2008 (see, for example, here).  Now is an ideal moment to look back and assess the carnage.

I use a test case to examine whether diversification and strategic asset allocation failed.  By comparing the performance of diversified portfolios that I proposed well before the crisis to that of the S&P 500, I quantify the value of true diversification.

Diversification worked, even under the stressful conditions of the last two years.  A diversified portfolio still lost money, but a retrospective analysis shows diversification had its expected impact on portfolio performance.

It has been four years since I wrote the article Tuning an ETF Portfolio Using Monte Carlo Simulation.  I published a summary of this article on Seeking Alpha at that time. I took a well-diversified portfolio of ETFs and showed what a Monte Carlo model would suggest in the way of improvements.  The starting portfolio of ETFs had been proposed by David Jackson, founder of Seeking Alpha, in an earlier analysis.  The original ETF portfolio is shown below:

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Singleton said he and his friend Jonathan Gunter did not attack Dean because he was gay, but in his police confession, he said they went to the area to specifically target gays. He also said using the word "faggot" was not homophobic but fair game for anyone in a fight.

Singleton apologized to Dean while on the witness stand. He said he was ashamed of his actions but acted that way because he had problems at work, and his girlfriend left him and took their child, according to the News. The events, he said, made him start drinking and using drugs.

"I think about it every day," Singleton said to Dean. "And I am truly sorry and I would like to say to Mr. Dean that I'm sorry for what I did."

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Sadly, as in years past, I had to miss Davos this year. Bummer. Luckily, WPP CEO and Davos fixture Martin Sorrell is blogging from the World Economic Forum for the Financial Times. That social-media tutorial is coming in handy. So far, he's posted three entries—and one inscrutable photo of himself wearing an Obama ski hat and standing with a dog in the snow. What's clear is that Sir Martin doesn't like crowds. In fact, I get the distinct impression he doesn't think many of his fellow attendees are important enough to be there and make him wait on line. This is how he began an entry yesterday, ostensibly about a chat the Chinese premier gave: "Far too crowded. Probably 500 people over the top. Last year 2000 was heavy, 2600 is too many. Some can't attend sessions even having tried to book online from home. Participant numbers should be reduced. Security is also very tight, aggravated by the crush. There are heavy lines and queuing, especially early in the morning."

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Self-proclaimed “ideas man” Floyd Hayes, who you may remember from his lengthy stint as a creative director at New York/London-based guerilla marketing shop Cunning, is trying to drum up some business in 2013 for his own creative consultancy, which he started after leaving his former shop seven months ago. As you can see in the “seasonal” clip above, he’s chilling at a pub, pint o’ Guinness faithfully by his side, awaiting a response.

We’re not sure why our lad needs “cheering up,” but considering some of the peculiar yet creative stunts he’s pulled over the years, perhaps Hayes can be of service to you. At the very least, those who hit him up and can guess which NYC pub he’s imbibing in will earn a round of drinks (on him, not us).


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Mitt Romney is apparently not a fan of BuzzFeed. The site’s Editor-in-Chief, Ben Smith, tweeted yesterday that Romney’s camp was “attempting to exclude BuzzFeed from the media pool.” As The Huffington Post reports, traditionally, the camp doesn’t select the pool reporters, the rotating news organizations do, and the latter supports BuzzFeed being part of the team.

A Romney spokesperson told the HuffPo, “We do not have a separate blogger pool report,” suggesting that they don’t view BuzzFeed as a news organization. Here, in the spirit of BuzzFeed, are five reasons why his camp might think that. These are all actual BuzzFeed headlines.

  1. The Answer to Your Grilled Cheese Dilemma
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  3. 20 Rules for Dating Zac Efron
  4. A Dog on a Camel in a Park
  5. 25 Photos of George Takei Doing The Vulcan Salute

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Patch Editor Remembers His Close Friend, Roger Ebert

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The only good thing about the death of Roger Ebert is that it has provoked an outpouring of Internet content residing far from a realm the critic never stood for: “snark.” It’s been one heartfelt, spectacular, memorable article after another, a tribute trail that includes a wonderful April 4 essay by Studio City-Sherman Oaks Patch editor Mike Szymanski.

Szymanski was lucky enough to forge a relationship with Ebert that went much further than most such Fourth Estate brushes. It started on the red carpet of the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in 1986 and blossomed into a fantastic same-time-next-year tradition north of the border:

We got to know each other by covering many, many film festivals together, and later found out we had a close mutual friend, [the late] Canadian-Italian journalist Angela Baldassarre, and for more than a dozen years always scheduled a dinner or lunch together no matter how busy we were during the crazy Toronto Interational Film Festival.

Roger would lament how the Internet was hurting film criticism, because anyone could be a critic. And, he pointed out that, anyone can become come a critic, but he thought that people should know film history. “There are kids who are writing about movies who have never seen Gone With the Wind on the big screen,” he said. “Well, and some haven’t seen it at all!”

Szymanski also reminds hilariously of a hazard of the grinding film festival coverage game. He writes that more than once at TIFF, he, Ebert and Baldassare all fell asleep… at the same screening! There’s also another much less frivolous bit of personal history connecting these three.

Read the full Patch piece here. And if you want to know more about Baldassarre, a good place to start is a brief 2007 obit penned for Toronto’s NOW magazine by future TIFF full-time programmer Cameron Bailey. RIP Angela, RIP Roger.

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LOS ANGELES Toshiba America Information Systems has named four California finalists in the review for its $10-15 million digital-products-division advertising account, according to a company representative.

They are: Interpublic Group's McCann-Erickson and WPP's J. Walter Thompson, both in Los Angeles, and independents Ayzenberg Group in Pasadena and Matthews/Evans/Albertazzi in San Diego, the rep said.

The review includes creative and media. IPG's Temerlin McClain in Irving, Texas, last handled advertising for Toshiba computers. That relationship ended about 10 months ago. The Irvine, Calif.-based client has since restructured operations and in September formed the digital-products division, which includes products such as notebook PCs and PDAs.

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The Development of Transactional Television By Earl D. Greenbur

One year ago, I organized a brainstorming session with my colleagues to create a name for our company and the word 'transactional' was thrown into th

In less than a year from the founding of Transactional Media Incorporated, the word 'transactional' has become frequently used to describe all sorts of programming previously called interactive. The primary difference between interactive and transactional has to do with cause and effect. Transactional programming ultimately results in sell through activity-a purchase or acquisition of property or information through an interactive process.
At the recent NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives) Convention, there was a flurry of activity and discussion about the transactional environment. Joan Rivers, in association with QVC and Tribune, had a series test that was rumored to be in preparation for national sale. ABC's late night test with TMI, 'Nitecap', had still not been resolved. Infomercial personality Mike Levey announced the development of a new daily talk show. Hearst Distribution announced its foray into the transactional arena. All American Distribution was selling a sports shopping program with Johnny Bench. Woody Fraser (creator of 'Good Morning America', 'The Mike Douglas Show', 'The Home Show') was rumored to be developing a new transactional vehicle for syndication. In addition to the many show concepts in play, there were principals from many of the major infomercial companies aggressively covering the convention floor, looking to understand the complex world of selling mainstream television.
What it all comes down to is that on the electronic media playing field, the contestants now include players from direct response, infomercials, catalogue sales, and home shopping. With ever-decreasing advertising revenue, and the increased fragmentation of viewing leading to lowered ratings, there is a scramble - a sometimes maddening scramble - for additional revenue streams. This helps to explain the almost nationwide proliferation of infomercials and direct response spots. It further explains why the traditionally conservative players at Cap Cities were willing to take a gamble on 'Nitecap'.
The verdict is still out on 'Nitecap'. Phil Beuth, President of Early Morning and Late Night Programming for ABC, still believes in the underlying principles of the program. There were very positive ratings stories to be told during the limited four-week run, but not enough to put the program in immediate play with Letterman and Leno. Seriously, though, there was measurable growth in many of the more than 50 test markets. From a sales standpoint, there was some initial disappointment. Our fantasy for strong, out of the box, self-liquidating sales and profits was not realized during the brief test; however, we received significant and meaningful information that helped us accomplish our larger goal of creating a new programming genre.
The weightiest lesson learned on this particular program was that at least three to six months are needed to properly prepare the product sourcing elements. Forget about jumping head first into this kind of format! 'Nitecap' had at least one item for sale per night, sometimes two, and the sourcing company could not adequately keep up with the needs and the creative demands of the program. As a result, we created a separate sourcing consortium which works to fulfill the needs of programs such as 'Nitecap' and 'The Mike Levey Show'.
Outside of the shopping television arena (i.e., QVC and HSN) product selling on formatted television is unique. Viewers watching entertainment programming need to be eased into transactional activity smoothly and carefully - utilizing entertainment programming techniques, not blatant direct response techniques - the smart sell as opposed to the hard sell. This is another lesson to be learned from the 'Nitecap experiment'.
This all leads to an inevitable question: can entertainment and shopping programming be combined into a successful format for broadcast and cable television? The answer is a resounding yes! Already, 'Live With Regis and Kathy Lee', 'Oprah', 'Larry King', 'The Tonight Show', and 'The Home Show' are all engaged in selling product in an indirect fashion. (Even 'Saturday Night Live' has proven to be a potent vehicle for generating sales of record albums.) All of these are very strong programs for the marketing and selling of books, movie theater tickets, houseware and kitchen gadgets and other assorted products. 800 information lines on these programs amply demonstrate the programs' selling power, thereby proving the effectiveness of combining entertainment and transactional programming.
Transactional programming has taken QVC and HSN to the next level. Programs with stronger production and entertainment values are the logical segues to attracting a larger, broader-based viewership. And as with the shopping experience, the infomercial has been taken to the next level, via a smooth combination of entertainment and selling programming. 'The Ringers', a new infomercial for Bell Atlantic Corporation created through Jordan, McGrath, Case & Taylor, is a half-hour commercial utilizing all the elements of a sitcom. The program sold six or seven different services provided by Bell Atlantic, and ran successfully in test in Baltimore. There seems to be a real future for the corporate longform format. This bodes well for the advertising agency community - always in search of innovative marketing tools.
The 30-minute format could well prove to be the most articulate and cost-effective way for advertising agencies to communicate a client's message. It is not by accident that several Madison Avenue firms already have infomercial consultants and reps on board. Saatchi and Saatchi has formed a joint venture arrangement to explore the application of infomercials to its client base.
The world of electronic retailing, which has been around since the inception of television, has grown by leaps and bounds since the advent of deregulation, which has allowed transactional TV to grow in a way no one expected. The growth in numbers of new programs (i.e. infomercials), however, has not been matched by creative growth. The next three years will probably witness a corresponding surge of creativity in program formats and execution that will reinforce the importance and staying power of transactional longform television for decades to come.
Broadcast and cable networks, QVC and HSN have all begun to carefully examine this new source of revenue and programming in a manner serious enough to justify more than a suspicion that transactional television is here to stay.
Earl Greenburg is President/CEO of Transactional Media Inc., a company specializing in the marketing of goods, services, brand and image through electronic and print media. Greenburg has been Vice President of NBC Daytime as well as President of Quantum Marketing (an infomercial company) and Home Shopping Network Entertainment. He has written and produced hundreds of hours of network television.
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UPDATED 4:05 p.m. ET: Mobile messaging application WhatsApp denied a report in TechCrunch saying that it was in talks with Facebook about being acquired by the social network, telling AllThingsD, “The TechCrunch article is a rumor and not factually accurate. We have no further information to share at the moment.”

Facebook, meanwhile, told AllThingsD, “We don’t comment on rumors or speculation.”

Sources told TechCrunch WhatsApp and Facebook are in talks, with no word on how advanced those discussions are, or on a possible price tag for the deal.

TechCrunch pointed out that WhatsApp is currently the No. 2 paid app on Apple’s App Store, where it sells for $0.99, adding that it is available free of charge for one year on Google Play, after which the same $0.99 cost applies.

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November 9, 2012

Fly Over: ‘Lolita’, ‘Revan’

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by Macario Mora

I was raised differently than many of my privileged friends. When I was grounded for partaking in mischievous childhood adventures, I wasn’t denied certain paltry rights like TV or video games; I was denied my freedom. Instead of a slap on the wrist for punching a cat or terrorizing my little brother, I was sent to my room for weeks – sometimes months – and allowed only to read or do homework. So, naturally, I became fascinated with literature.
It was during one of these long hiatuses from reality that I discovered Russian literature, and the genius of Vladimir Nabokov.
Born in 1899 in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nabokov is most famous for “Lolita,” which is about Professor Humbert Humbert who, after coming from Paris to New York in the early part of the last century, becomes involved with Charlotte Haze. She takes him in after his room burns down in a small New England town. It is in the Haze home that he meets and becomes fascinated with Haze’s pre-teen daughter Dolores — Lolita.
The novel was Nabokov’s instant claim to fame in America and was quickly considered a literary masterpiece. “Lolita” also became one of the most controversial pieces of 20th Century literature. Due to the nature of the novel, Lolita has become a noun described in several dictionaries as a seductive adolescent girl or a sexually precocious young girl.
“Lolita’s” context may overwhelm a few readers with its detail of pedophilia as Nabokov takes the reader more closely inside the psyche of a monster than most of us would ever feel comfortable. But, that’s really what makes this, in my opinion, one the best of many great novels from the last century.
Nabokov’s ability to reach inside your mind and paint perfectly the protagonist’s fiendish impulses and nightmarish desires on a mental canvas is on par with Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” or Chopin’s Nocturne. It’s an intellectual stimulus that’s too beautiful, despite its superficial content, to not cherish.
His description of Humbert Humbert and Lolita’s cross-country journeys and malevolent escapades is breathtaking. Nabokov and the novel are so much more than a Sunday read. Literary geeks are seldom privy to such mastery of their craft. It’s truly a once in generation experience.
“Lolita” was the author’s creative peak and perhaps sole masterpiece. But, the hundreds of his other novels, novellas, poems, short stories, dramas and works of nonfiction are more than worth a gander.
At the time of Nabokov’s death in 1977, he had few peers on par intellectually or creatively. Truly, it’s a shame this master of literature isn’t on a pedestal dwarfing the likes of Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway or John Steinbeck.

…..and in stores, ‘Revan’

by Jayson Burns

Did you know that Darth Vader’s two wingmen during that climatic scene in Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope are under the call signs “Mauler” and “Backstabber?” Did you also know that Vader’s squadron was called “Black Squadron?” And did you also know that Mauler has a son named Rejlii Mithel who is a lieutenant in the Imperial Navy?
Now that my love and fascination of Star Wars lore has been made clear, along with the implications of my social life, I hope my fellow fan boys and girls out there will trust my judgment of Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan.
This is a story that many fans have been waiting for since the release of Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR), a Star Wars role playing game developed by the ever amazing Bioware for the Xbox and PC in 2003. KOTOR took place thousands of years before the first movie and followed the player character and his or her allies during the Jedi Civil War, which was instigated by Jedi turned Sith Lord Darth Revan and his apprentice Darth Malak.
The game received critical and public acclaim for its fantastic script, characters, design and controls, and I for one still play it to this day.
Revan follows the titular character as he struggles to uncover the secret threat that is the Sith Empire resting in the farthest reaches of space, as hinted at in the games. At the same time, the story also follows Lord Scourge, a Sith Lord who is attempting to rise up in the Sith hierarchy.
Characters both old and new are introduced along the way, and near the end both tales converge nicely despite the somewhat anticlimactic climax.
One of the biggest draws to KOTOR was the player’s ability to affect the in-game universe through actions and dialogue.
This of course, is also one of the biggest drawbacks to Revan. There are so many choices in the game that by picking one outcome, there’s the possibility of alienating some players who chose the alternative.
Also, since there were so many likable supporting characters in KOTOR, just leaving one out in the gutter is enough to bug some readers.
The story is told well with a clear focus throughout, but it would probably help readers if they had played the games beforehand.
Some readers and fans of the games might be a little turned off by the ultimate fates of some of the older characters (one of which nearly made me throw the book in the trash in anger), but they are still handled effectively. As with nearly every Star Wars book, movie or game, the reader is taken to multiple worlds holding multiple species.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan is a Star Wars novel I’d recommend to fans of KOTOR or Star Wars in general, but in the end I’m just not sure if this should’ve been made.
At the very least, I would’ve made the book longer and included more from the source material.

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How Chinese closed NZ waste sale

by Tim Binsted

Transpacific Industries chief executive Bob Boucher had only been in the CEO chair for a matter of weeks when he tapped Tim Longstaff at Deutsche Bank to sell his best performing asset, Transpacific’s New Zealand waste business.

Boucher had been briefed on Transpacific’s strategic position before he took the job and the American waste veteran hit the ground running, jetting over the Ditch to check out his New Zealand operations and meet divisional chief Tom Nickels on one of his first trips.

Over the past five years Transpacific had been through a gruelling battle to secure its viability including equity raisings and refinancings, management turnover, as well as the departure of company founder Terry Peabody from the chairman’s seat in June 2010.

Peabody, who owns the Craggy Estate winery in New Zealand, also dumped his $160 million stake in the company in March 2013. For Transpacific chief financial officer Stewart Cummins , it’s been a sprint keeping the company going since he joined in 2011.

Transpacific knew bidders would line up for the asset. Private equity firm The Carlyle Group expressed interest in Waste Management in 2009 when Transpacific had a liquidity crunch. The company raised equity rather than become a forced seller.

Australasian infrastructure investors and advisers Morrison & Co , who manage $US5 billion in assets and are the creators and managers of publicly listed fund Infratil , had also run the ruler over the New Zealand waste business 10 years ago. When Transpacific publicly put the asset on the block in October, a swathe of private equity firms kicked the tyres, including Blackstone, Archer Capital, Pacific Equity Partners, Carlyle and KKR.

Transpacific kept its options open and ran a two-track process, considering floating the asset as well as a trade sale. Cummins and Boucher did roadshows in New Zealand and Australia.

Backed by superannuation money and with no regulatory hurdles, Infratil-Morrison & Co were seen by rivals as the front runners. But in the background Beijing Capital Group (BCG) had long-time adviser HSBC on side as the Chinese state-owned enterprise, with $US21 billion in assets, looked to make its first investment outside China.

HSBC’s local merger and acquisition boss Roshan Menon and Hong Kong-based director Robert Todd ran the ship for BCG. Menon tapped Mandarin-speaking Allens partner Jeremy Lowe to head the three-player legal team consisting of Allens, Russell McVeagh and Jun He.

BCG wanted an inside edge and called on former Transpacific non-executive director Graham Mulligan as an adviser to the deal team. Longstaff ran a three-stage bid process to whittle down the field and after second round bids in January those who bid below the $NZ800 million to $NZ850 million mark fell away leaving Credit Suisse-advised Carlyle, BCG, Infratil and a Macquarie Group infrastructure fund in the mix.

Macquarie Bank had been advising KKR but became a bidder midway in the piece after KKR dropped out, raising the ire of some other bidders.

Transpacific set a target to close the deal by March and Cummins and Boucher, who responded to more than 1000 questions lobbed by bidders, refused to slow down for Christmas – although Tom Nickels did ask, unsuccessfully, to leave the negotiations for a week in January while he cycled the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide. Chinese New Year was approaching and Lowe and Menon were working seven days a week and hooking up international conference calls almost every day to get an offer on the table for the final February 28 deadline.

Recent Chinese legislation means that National Development and Reform Committee approval is only required on deals bigger than $US1 billion, leaving SASAC as the only Chinese regulatory hurdle for BCG. Given the new NDRC rules and the fact that SASAC is BCG’s major shareholder, Lowe was able to get Transpacific comfortable with the regulatory risks. Final offers came in on February 28 and Menon and Lowe went into a frenzy after a call on the Saturday saying BCG could have the prize if they could sign by the end of the day. The deal was inked in Deutsche Bank’s Sydney offices at 8:15pm on Saturday and Boucher, Cummins, Nickels, Longstaff, and his Deutsche colleague David Gibson, braved the Mardi Gras traffic and boarded the 10:15pm flight to Hong Kong. The $NZ950 million deal with BCG was announced on the Monday, prompting a protectionist spray from colourful New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, who was quoted in the Kiwi press questioning if “this non-New Zealand company" could deliver “environmental friendly waste management".

There are whispers that there was “daylight" (up to $NZ100 million) between BCG’s winning bid and the next highest offer.

Other sources reject this and point out that the earnings multiple of 8.6 times BCG paid is in line with the 8.5 times earnings CKI Infrastructure paid when it bought EnviroWaste for $NZ500 million.

The Australian Financial Review


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Chiefs in their field prepare for tax pow-wow

From left to right, Yasser El-Ansary, Alf Capito, Ric Simes, Tim Cox and Matt Hayes have enough experience to know the difficulties the government faces with tax reform. They also have some well thought-out advice and solutions. Photo: Tamara Voninski
From left to right, Yasser El-Ansary, Alf Capito, Ric Simes, Tim Cox and Matt Hayes have enough experience to know the difficulties the government faces with tax reform. They also have some well thought-out advice and solutions. Photo: Tamara Voninski AFR

On the eve of the tax forum, Agnes King sought the views of four tax experts and an esteemed economist on opportunities for reform and why the government cannot afford to delay.

Yasser El-Ansary, tax counsel, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia: The government’s approach to the forum has changed from an exercise in ticking off a commitment [to] the independents, to fleshing out a broad reform agenda for the next few years.

Matt Hayes, partner, KPMG: Issues of future revenue pressure are directly coming to bear. The government’s getting serious about [the] long term.

Alf Capito, partner, Ernst & Young: It’s a short-term exercise too. [Treasurer] Wayne Swan wants certain topics discussed: treatment of tax losses, whether or not we give a deduction for corporate equity, whether we’ve got provisions that deal with an economy in transition, tax barriers to businesses restructuring. He’s looking to see if enough support exists to move on some measures in the short term.

Tim Cox, partner, PwC: That’s one of the problems we’ve got with tax reform – the community sees a need for a longer-term agenda and the political cycles are short term. That’s a challenge for any government.

Capito: The intergenerational reports create the burning platform because if the status quo exists, government deficits will blow out due to rising healthcare, aged care and education costs. Some say you’ve got to gradually increase taxes to cover that. Alternatively, you can look for new models to allow the private sector to deal with those growing needs. One constraint of the Henry review, and an issue that’s not allowed to be discussed at the forum, is the size of government. If you can deal with [that], you can deal with a lot of issues around the revenue needed to fund government services.

Ric Simes, partner, Deloitte and director, Deloitte Access Economics: It’s important we work out how to deliver health services in the best way. I don’t think the approach should be driven by a tax reform agenda.

Cox: I totally agree, but I also think we’ve got to lift the tax reform debate from the micro, where it’s been for a long time, and get people to understand why it’s important. I don’t think the average Australian understands how tax can play a role in addressing big-picture issues.

El-Ansary: Governments have been particularly bad at selling budget reform to the community – convincing people about problems and the need for change. Business and community groups need to take some responsibility for selling the substance of policy ideas because the government hasn’t been able to.

Capito: There is a second burning platform the public have no idea about: that Australia’s tax system is far too reliant on income tax, capital gains tax and corporate tax. One mild quarter of negative growth – not even a recession, just one technical quarter of negative growth – and our revenues drop off the cliff and we’re into deficits.

Cox: The objective has got to be to promote investment and improve productivity. It’s not about changing the amount of tax, it’s about simplifying the system. We’ve got too many taxes. Moving from 30 per cent to 29 per cent is not exciting when the average rate globally is 25 per cent.

Hayes: There’s probably no shortage of investments coming into the market at the moment, so one could argue there’s no compelling case to cut the corporate tax rate in the short term. But there’s a long-term issue because foreign investment is only in one sector [resources].

Capito: The reality is, we raise about $80 billion in company tax. Dropping the rate to 25 per cent means making up a shortfall of $10 billion to $12 billion. There’s also a few billion dollars in inefficient state taxes we’d like to get rid of. If the country wants to do it, it’s got to face up to increasing GST or introducing harsh land taxes. The political dimension is critical.

Capito: Effective marginal tax rates are an enormous barrier to people wanting to enter the workforce. There’s only two things you can do about it: reduce the size of government or shift the burden from income to land tax and GST.

Hayes: I see there’s an aspirational target. We currently have five [marginal rates]. Henry got to three. Where do we want to be?

Simes: One of the easiest wins would be to get rid of a lot of state duties, broaden the land tax and payroll tax base and lower the rates on those.

Cox: There will be winners and losers. People who have bought their house and don’t want to buy another won’t care about high stamp duties but won’t want land tax to increase.

Hayes: Streamlining the different state tax administrations into one central collection agency should produce another quick win.

El-Ansary: Somewhat surprisingly, the consensus view among our (ICAA) membership is we need to accelerate pre-populated tax returns.

Capito: I’m a long-standing advocate of a Tax Office advisory board – to surround the commissioner with more business acumen and deal with a whole range of issues, including ATO attitude and engagement.

Cox: I have concerns about a governance board chaired by the tax commissioner, or where the commissioner appoints members to the board. It needs to be truly independent otherwise it’s a waste of time and taxpayers’ money.

Hayes: An exchange of people from business to policy and to the ATO, and vice-versa, would encourage better understanding.

El-Ansary: Bringing together the resources of the inspector-general of tax, the tax ombudsman and elements of the national audit office is worth exploring. It’s questionable whether the inspector-general’s team of eight highly skilled tax professionals is a fair match for the ATO’s resource base of 25,000.

Cox: The different tax treatment for different types of savings – interest, capital gains, dividends and super – is an issue. Winding back negative gearing and quarantining losses made on rental property, for example, could be dealt with quite easily in the short term if there was an appetite for it.

Capito: The notion that you can scrap negative gearing and give lower personal income tax rates is misguided, as is the idea that there are enormous concessions in negative gearing and super. Critics look at negative gearing and say, ‘That’s a scam’. The reality is, negative gearing is about punting that all the money you’re outlaying in interest, you’re going to get back one day through a capital gain. The sharemarket shows you may not make a capital gain, on property or shares. Economists look at all the money going into super and assume it would have accrued 30 per cent tax, so the government is missing out on 15 per cent. But that income does not belong to the government in the first instance. It belongs to individuals. If you want to encourage savings, and people to invest, you have to recognise you’re forcibly taking money from people who’ve worked all their lives and now are trying to live off what they’ve saved.

Cox: There is a lack of trust between the Tax Office and taxpayers and vice-versa. That has to be dealt with.

Capito: You can have the best policy settings in the world, but if an administrator is not administrating the law or system properly, you still end up with a bad system.

El-Ansary: There are many examples of where the government-community consultation process hasn’t worked the way it ought to, notwithstanding some pretty robust protocols that if engaged should have produced better results on issues like the mining tax and employee share schemes.

Capito: Patience and trust in the formulation of tax policy is critical. The mining tax is a result of a lack of patience. The carbon tax is an example of a lack of trust: it was a bad idea before the election but a great idea five minutes after the election.

The Australian Financial Review


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