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Originally Posted by tony404
I will tell you they want the net like the video biz few players control it. Unfortunately they only see money and are very short sighted, AVN has picked a side by telling Mike he couldnt be on the panel. People should start pulling their ads to show their love, print is dead anyway.
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Let me start by saying that I put the Internext panels together with a small team of people from outside of AVN, and with a little help from Tony, the new editor. Paul Fishbein had nothing to do with the panels. Also, let me throw in here that negotiating that panel has taken a really long time, cost a lot of sleep, and I'm not going to stay here arguing about it tonight. Come to Internext and argue with me. I'm done with the bloody thing for now.
The internext .XXX panel at one point had NO ICM members on it because they didn't want to have a debate. That was fine, I told them to take it or leave it but the panel was going on whether they were there or not. My attitude is, if you aren't willing to stand up and face the music, that's your choice, it'll still keep playing. That kind of sucked though. After a lot of negotiation the panel was finalized with Tom Hymes from the FSC and Connor Young from YNot included, both aggressively opposed to ICM.
At this point, I'm not going to argue with Mike South about AVN's supposed motives, I'm done with that;it'll never end and I enjoy my peaceful life. The Internext panels reflect MY motives more than anyone elses; I negotiated a public debate as opposed to three guys preaching to the converted with no obvious solution. My motive to do so...? Common sense and a high IQ. My sincerest apologies to all. |
