• Slate, Friday, September 21, 2012 12:31 PM

Amanda Hess in her “XX Factor” blog reports on a panel at the CatalystCon conference on human sexuality that examined one of her own niches: mainstream media’s coverage of pornography. The panel included porn industry publicists and two reporters who cover the industry itself, Sherri Shaulis of trade pub AVN and Gram Ponante from Hustler.  So how does the porn industry get mainstream media coverage.? One tip: Link anything to “50 Shades of Grey”…”no matter how tenuous a product’s connection.”  And guess what?  The industry should know its audience: "Diane Sawyer isn't going to be running a story on how porn can improve your sex life."

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