Based in Philadelphia, TLA Entertainment Group has been in business since 1981.
Can you give us a quick history lesson about TLA and your involvement with it?Įrik Schut: Even after all this time I still sometimes get asked this question by people in the porn biz. (This article originally ran in the June issue of AVN magazine.)ĪVN: I tried to figure out how long TLA has been in business, but it all depends on if you start with the first retail store in 1985 or go even farther back to the founding of the theater company in the early 1960s! But however you do it, this is one venerable company. To find out more about what lies ahead for the company's adult retail properties, and, AVN talked to managing director Erik Schut, who’s long been a guiding force of all things gay at TLA. 2014 has brought big changes for TLA Entertainment Group, which was acquired in January by a New York-based investment group.
