By Peter Berton WOONSOCKET, R.I. – Jennfier Jolicoeur is the founder and president of Athena’s Home Novelties, a highly successful sex toy retailer that markets through home parties.

CANOGA PARK, Calif. – Tests for three additional sexually transmitted infections have been added to the health-screening panel recommended for all adult-industry talent who perform sexually explicit scenes, Adult Production Health & Safety Services announced late Thursday....

BURBANK, Calif. – Transsexual adult performer Khloe Hart now has an official presence in cyberspace. Her solo-girl membership website launched this week as part of the Grooby Network. “Discovered” in San Diego, Calif., by director Buddy Wood, Hart debuted on Shemale Yum in late...

BUDAPEST – More than 100 professionals and companies in the online adult industry have been nominated for 2013 YNOT Awards. Voting for the third-annual peer-determined awards opened Aug. 15 at YNOTawards.com. “This year’s list of nominees is varied and impressive,” said Connor...

By Peter Berton CYBERSPACE – Ah, XXX movie theaters. The only option for lovers of moving-picture porn before the advent of VHS, DVD and the internet, adult movie houses now seem somehow quaint and definitely doomed.

By Peter Berton SAN FRANCISCO – An iPhone app that uses selfies to determine a woman’s bra size has scored $5.6 million from eager investors.

MONTREAL – The first YNOT Grand Prix to take place in Montreal held more than a few surprises as drivers set new records for both lap times and composition of the field. For the first time, nearly one-third of the 30 drivers were women, and they proved to be fierce competitors....

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – “Government, society, and religion have oppressed human sexuality in the past and continue to do so today. It’s time to make a radical change and give people back the freedom to enjoy a regular and diverse sex life. We are certain that gender, the type of...

TORRANCE, Calif. – Global Electronic Technology Inc., corporate parent of internet payment services provider OrbitalPay LLC, has appointed Linda Grimm executive vice president of operations. Grimm, who joined the company in August, will oversee customer service, deployment, risk...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Scott Morris and Marc Sterling founded San Francisco Fetish Factory in 1998, they were just a couple of porn performers with a dream. The pair began by selling worn underwear as a way to generate interest in themselves and fund production of an amateur...