Amp'd Mobile asset list *not* full of porn
Sorry folks, we made a big mistake on this one.
This was originally a story about the asset list of bankrupt mobile entertainment network Amp’d Mobile, and how it included several pages of porn titles. A source, reliable in the past, had sent us a list and pointed us to what he said were pages and pages of porn on Amp’d Mobile’s assets list. We glanced at it: The titles included things like “Doggy Style,” “Hot Dish” (starring a young lady with cleavage), “Gold Diggers” (a series about women who like money, including one titled “Porn Stars”) and “Bush: Stinky or Sweet.” Rather than checking them out, we assumed the source was was correct, and posted. But astute readers have verified that none of it is actually X-rated porn.
So we have pulled the misleading story, and apologize to the company and to its investors for the error.
Here is the company’s list of assets for sale (pdf).
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