Private Media Group

Private Media Group is a multinational company, founded in Sweden, which provides adult entertainment on a wide range of platforms such as the Internet, cable and digital television, and DVDs and magazines. Started as a magazine in 1965 by Berth Milton Sr. in Stockholm, it is one of the oldest such companies in the world, together with, for example, Danish Color Climax. In addition, Private Media Group was the first hardcore pornography company to trade publicly: It was listed on the Nasdaq trading index in 1999. However, after the introduction of high-speed Internet and the competition from free porn sites such as xHamster, Pornhub, and Xvideo, Private struggled financially, and in 2011, it was delisted from the Nasdaq. This entry provides an overview of Private ...