Cohen's empire of sex

RICHARD COHEN

The elusive CEO of National A-1 Advertising and National A-1 Internet sits atop a multimillion-dollar porn and phone sex empire with corporate offices in the shadow of the Liberty Bell. Here's a look at the King of Porn's businesses:

PORN MOVIES:

Cohen runs HotMovies.com, one of the world's largest distributors of online porn. The website offers more than 150,000 films produced by top porn studios, like Vivid and Adam & Eve. Cohen also runs HotMoviesForCouples.com, GayMovies.com, FetishMovies.com, HotMoviesforHer.com and at least 20 other video-ondemand sites.

PHONE SEX:

Cohen's A-1 National operates a busy phone-sex call center where employees get paid to talk dirty. Callers can pay $2.99 per minute to talk live "withahot, horny girl." Cohen operates hundreds of vanity 1-800 numbers, such as 1-800-WE-RHORNY, 1-800-BONDAGE and 1-800-BIG-BOOBS.

800 NUMBERS:

Cohen is the man behind PrimeTel Communications, which has snapped up almost 1.7 million 1-800 numbers relinquished by companies or social-service agencies. When people call most of those numbers, instead of getting the Medicaid Help Line, for instance, they hear messages that redirect them to Cohen's erotic chat lines. Sultry women offer to "talk nasty," generally for $2.99 or $3.99 per minute, depending on the line.

OTHER VENTURES:

Cohen also buys and sells Internet-domain names. Last year, Cohen sold poker.org for a

record-breaking $1 million. He also owns Antiques.com and Diet.com.

— Barbara Laker & Wendy Ruderman