$15 Articles, 400-Name Blacklists, and a $64.5M Lawsuit—What’s Going On at Valnet?

Let’s get something straight: if you co-created Pornhub and then pivoted into running a sprawling SEO-driven content empire where writers are allegedly blacklisted for asking for better pay, you don’t really get to play the victim when someone reports on it. And yet, here we are—Valnet Inc. is suing The Wrap for $64.5 million over … Continue reading $15 Articles, 400-Name Blacklists, and a $64.5M Lawsuit—What’s Going On at Valnet?

The Valnet Model: Churn Out Content, Underpay Writers, Threaten Critics

Every time you scroll past another “10 Best Movie Villains Who Were Actually Right” article, there’s a good chance it came from Screen Rant. And if it wasn’t them, it was Collider, or MovieWeb, or CBR—all owned by the same shadowy content machine known as Valnet Inc. You may not know that name, but you’ve … Continue reading The Valnet Model: Churn Out Content, Underpay Writers, Threaten Critics