2011 AVN award nominated industry powerhouse Wicked Pictures is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Manwin that will see the noted leader in web design, hosting, SEO and web 2.0 services managing the company’s pay websites. The agreement, which went into effect December 1st, will also see Manwin revamping and relaunching www.wicked.com. Founded by Steve Orenstein in 1993, Wicked Pictures has established itself as one of the most successful and critically acclaimed production companies in the adult genre. Since the 2000 AVN Awards Show, major accolades have gone to such movies as Double Feature, Euphoria, Breathless, Beautiful, Fluff & Fold, Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre, Manhunters, Operation Desert Stormy, Fallen and 2040. And AVN’s coveted acting awards have been won by the company’s elite Wicked Girls for eight consecutive years, the longest record of its kind to be held by a single company in adult film history.
Given his company’s storied track record and rich archive of celebrated erotica, Orenstein looks forward to seeing Wicked Pictures’ commercial websites operating under the Manwin banner, observing, "We couldn’t have found a better partner when it comes to running our pay sites. Manwin is a leader in Internet space and we expect to do great things together."
For his part, Avi Bitton, Wicked’s Chief Technology Officer, shares Orenstein’s enthusiasm for the relationship’s potential. "2010 was a year of planning for the next ten years. Our relationship with Manwin grew naturally out of aligned interests. We worked together on anti-piracy efforts and sent each other some traffic. And then it just clicked for both of us: We needed the best online platform, and they needed the best quality product." Tony Bastone is the new Online Product Manager and point of contact for Wicked.Com, and he can be reached at bastone@wicked.com.
In a prepared statement, Manwin Managing Partner Fabian Thylmann revealed, “This is a long term partnership that we are happy to invest in. Wicked has incredible content and is indisputably an industry leader. Allowing Manwin control over online management will only take their websites to the next level.”
This exciting management agreement applies to the company’s commercial websites. All other aspects of Wicked Pictures’ business will remain under Wicked Pictures’ control. For Wicked’s Bitton, this new arrangement is the right move at the right time. "This deal feels right, because it’s based on mutual trust, respect and appreciation. 2011 will be a Wicked year!"
“This deal feels right, because it’s based on mutual trust, respect and appreciation. 2011 will be a Wicked year!”
Trust, respect & appreciation, this is porn pal…Uncle Jimmy is just about the last person who still follows that, the rest are gone or dead. That IRS thing must have slipped Steve’s mind about Manwin…Mansef…et al.
This is like watching a rerun of The Net
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113957/
Company X says they are stand up guys but they are actually a bad company that is in league with cyber-terrorists that are destroying businesses forcing people to use Company X’s software. Company X claims that they can solve the problem if you just give them a bag of cash and access to control your systems. Mayhem ensues, Dennis Miller dies, cue the credits.
Or if you prefer your analogies more “urban”…
I give you a verse from Ice Cube’s “Jackin’ For Beats”, a song about using other people’s works to make yourself money:
“Ugh, and even if you’re down with my crew
(Flavor Flav: Yo Chuck man, i don’t understand this man
Yo you got to slow down)
I jack them too
And then we’ll freak it
Kick that bass, and look what we did
Fade the grade, played, and made a few million
and I keep stealin'”
What Mr. Cube is saying here is that even if you’re an ally of his, in this case he’s sampling a Public Enemy song – a group that sided with him after his nasty breakup with NWA, he’ll still use your work, make millions off of it, and keep on doing it.
The more I think about it, this might be more akin to Stockholm Syndrome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome