By M.Christian YNOT – While far too humble to challenge the genius of Benjamin Franklin, we have to say there actually are three things that are absolutely, positively certain in this world: death, taxes and sanctimonious zealots.

YNOT – With the next U.S. presidential election little more than a year away, every organization with a cause is jockeying for space in the national debate about which values political parties and individual candidates will bring to the forefront of the campaign. Backers on both...

By M.Christian YNOT – The bar comes down with a firm click, the cool metal a gentle, almost comforting, restraint. Then, with a mechanical shudder, the little pod you’re sitting in begins to move….

By Julia Dimambro YNOT – One of things I love most about working in new media is that the playing field is constantly changing. There is never an opportunity to get complacent, because you are always having to learn something new and adjust your business accordingly in order to...

By Dave Cummings YNOT – It seems like quite a few production entities in the adult film industry are on, or getting closer to, the brink of financial inability to survive. Content piracy and other significant choke-point challenges are taking a larger toll. Sure, some larger and...

By M.Christian YNOT – Even though the traditional waves of heat — even hotter than usual, thank you global warming — may have started to be replaced by the (yawn) more temperate temperatures of fall, good old human beings have kept their own degrees higher than usual this summer...

By M.Christian YNOT – Stick with me: This may be a long and winding road, but the destination is a very important one … especially for people struggling with the ups and downs of running an adult enterprise.

By Diane Duke YNOT – In his July 8, 2010, post on a popular adult industry forum, ICM Registry Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Stuart Lawley posted, “[The International Foundation for Online Responsibility] will be tasked with setting policies for dot-xxx. Details can be...

By Dave Cummings YNOT – Summer is speeding by, swingers are enjoying the weather and consensual sex, and politics is a continuing pain in the neck. Some might also feel like the media needs to get a life and spare us from the constant political news that infects our daily lives,...