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Streamed by millions every day, porn is everywhere. It shapes our culture, our relationships, and even technology. Yet, nobody seems to know who really controls the business. The power brokers tend to lurk in the shadows, while their performers remain quite literally exposed. In The Kink Machine: The Hidden Business of Adult Entertainment, two Financial Times journalists, Patricia Nilsson and Alex Barker, start digging into the porn industry and following where the money flows.

Brought to you by Penguin. If online pornography is a circus, its tent has been pitched all around us. And we’re not just spectators – we’re the prancing ponies. Pornography is everywhere. Every day, tens of thousands of hours of sexual content is uploaded to the internet. In a single year...

A groundbreaking, provocative, and immersive investigation into the porn industry, from its golden age to its hidden global present—a story of sex, surveillance, deep data, and dirty money in the attention economy. We live in a world where more people have access to free porn than to clean tap...