PHOENIX – Calling the operation a brothel in disguise, police arrested nine people Thursday in a raid on a Phoenix business that offered customized adult videos to those willing to pay to star in an amateur porn flick. New Media Studios owner William James Hartwell, 52, and eight...

HAMPSHIRE, UK – Annual revenue generated by content delivered to mobile handsets and tablets is expected to increase by nearly $25 billion over the next three years, reaching $65 billion by 2016, according to a report from Juniper Research. Growth will be fuelled primarily by an...

MONTREAL – Two Gamma Entertainment operating units have merged into one division. Affiliate links for both BlazingBucks and OpenLife Network will continue to track as-is, a spokesman said Thursday, although links and banners for the BlazingBucks subdivision Cold Hard Cash will be...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – In its never-ending quest to provide women, men and couples with sex-positive information and education, Bay Area-based Good Vibrations has rebranded and re-launched its community outreach program. For more than 36 years, the program now known as Good...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Gay video-on-demand purveyor NakedSword has signed a content deal with BDSM studio Kink.com, allowing NakedSword to stream scenes from Kink’s gay line, Kink Men. The new material will headline NakedSword’s BDSM channel and kick off the company’s Kinky...

CALABASAS, Calif. – Customized webcam sites have proven their worth in helping affiliates and content producers overcome the continuing challenges of making a living in a world overflowing with free internet porn. Not only are live webcam performances virtually unaffected by...

TEMPE, Ariz. – A new reporting system that provides merchants and affiliates with flexible tools for data analysis has debuted at e-commerce solutions provider CCBill. FlexStats offers graphical summaries of consumer, merchant and affiliate activity, adding comprehensibility and...

By Peter Berton OTTAWA, Ontario – Standard Innovation, the Canadian manufacturer of the We-Vibe line of couples-oriented sex toys, has prevailed in a U.S. International Trade Commission patent-infringement complaint against China’s Lelo Inc.

By Peter Berton SAN MATEO, Calif. – The adult entertainment industry has been making digital waves since the internet made its public debut in 1995. Three years later, one enterprising publishing company launched what it believes to be the first online employment agency to...

WASHINGTON – As the Pentagon falls under increasing pressure to crack down on sex scandals and alleged sexual abuse and harassment within the military, the U.S. Navy is undertaking a “comprehensive visual inspection” of its installations worldwide with the goal of eliminating...