By Peter Berton YNOT – There was a time when the word “courtesan” meant more than just “someone who provides sex for money.” The term connoted a person who reveled in all the possibilities that professional sexual contact offers to both the giver and the recipient.

YNOT – Performer, director and Huffington Post blogger Jincey Lumpkin has re-launched her flagship lesbian erotica website in partnership with digital adult industry powerhouse Pink Visual. The new JuicyPinkBox.com is an elegant, multi-platform reimagining of Lumpkin’s signature...

YNOT – Adult Production Health & Safety Services, a voluntary, industry-wide program devoted to ensuring the health of adult performers, has changed its syphilis-testing requirements. Effective immediately, APHSS no longer requires two negative Trep-sure tests before it will...

YNOT – Since its August launch, Offbeatr.com, a crowdfunding resource for adult products and services, has helped five project creators gather a combined total of $60,000 in venture capital, the company announced. Contributions to the projects ranged from $5 to $2,000 per...

YNOT – Nearly 43 percent of internet users view adult content online, and 22 percent of the six billion mobile subscribers worldwide access the internet on their mobile phones at least once a month. Web surfing on mobiles is expected to overtake desktop access by 2014. Combine...

By Erika Icon YNOT – Pro-sports lockouts usually lead to a decline in revenues affecting more than just the leagues involved. But the latest National Hockey League lockout — the result of a breakdown in contract negotiations between the players’ union and team owners in the U.S....

YNOT – Software developer Elevated X has added 2much.net’s LiveCamNetwork video-chat software to the list of add-ons for its adult website content-management product. According to spokesmen for the companies, the integration of the products allows anyone using the Elevated X CMS...

YNOT – LFP Broadcasting LLC, a division of Larry Flynt’s Hustler empire, completed its tender offer for all outstanding shares of publicly traded, Colorado-based New Frontier Media Inc. (NASDAQ: NOOF) before the midnight Nov. 27 deadline. LFP paid $2.02 per share in cash, and...

YNOT – According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the World Health Organization and UNICEF, AIDS killed an estimated 25 million people between 1981 and 2007. In 2010, the most recent year for which figures are available, nearly 35.2 million people...

YNOT – Typically, porn fans watch adult entertainment for the women. Male performers are little more than props with plumbing. That’s why when male performer Justice Young decided to launch his official presence in cyberspace, he made sure to invite plenty of eye candy to come...