YNOT – Epoch was named Company of the Year and Miranda Leaver of Men4SexNow.com was named Business Person of the Year during the 10th Annual Cybersocket Web Awards. The gala ceremony took place at Eleven Restaurant and Nightclub in West Hollywood, Calif., with trophy studs Cody Cummings, Tommy D, Mason Wyler and Rod Daily presenting awards to winners in 38 categories determined by surfers and industry insiders.“It was a night to remember, and Club Eleven in West Hollywood was jam-packed with the gay porn industry’s most important movers and shakers,” Cybersocket co-founder Morgan Sommer said in a prepared statement. “After a stunning performance by aerial artists Benn Mendoza and Alex Stable, event emcees Chi Chi LaRue and Jason Sechrest announced the winners. Chi Chi then served as DJ and kept the energy level flying high at an after-party lasting until the wee hours.”
According to Cybersocket, each year the awards honor “companies and individuals that have made the year’s most important contributions to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender internet community. By honoring these individuals and companies, we acknowledge their work as innovators in queer media and encourage them to continue as technological entrepreneurs, advocates for free speech and agents of cultural change.”
The 2010 winners were:
Industry Choice Awards
Best Affiliate Program: BuddyProfits
Best Alternative Billing Company: Netbilling
Best Billing Company: CCBill
Business Person Of The Year: Miranda Leaver, Men4SexNow.com
Company of the Year: Epoch
Best Content Provider: PrideContent.com
Best Hosting Company: WebAir
Best Industry Magazine: XBIZ World
Best Live Cam: Gay.IMLive.com
Best Video Company: Channel 1 Releasing
Best Webmaster Community: XBIZ.net
Best White Label: Maleflixxx.tv
Surfer’s Choice Awards
Best Amateur Video Site: CockyBoys.com
Best Amateur Webcam: BrentEverett.com
Best Asian Theme Site: JapanBoyz.com
Best Black Theme Site: ThugSeduction.net
Best Escort Site: Rentboy.com
Best European Theme Site: BelAmiOnline.com
Best Fetish Site: MenAtPlay.com
Best Free Site: MenOnTheNet.com
Best Hookup Site: Manhunt.com
Best Latin Theme Site: BangBangBoys.com
Best Live Cam: Flirt4Free.com
Best Massage Site: MassageM4M.com
Best Mega Site: Badpuppy.com
Best Mobile Site: Grindr.com
Movie of the Year: Men of Israel, Lucas Entertainment
Best New Site: Homoactive.tv
Best Novelties Site: Fleshjack.com
Best Original Content: RandyBlue.com
Best Original Theme Site (tied): StraightBoysFucking.com and BareAdventures.com
Best Personality: Wolf Hudson
Best Porn Blog: QueerClick.com
Best Porn Star: Reese Rideout
Best Reality Site: BaitBus.com
Best Video Company: Hot House Entertainment
Best VOD Site: NakedSword.com
Best Voyeur Site: CocoDorm.com
