By Peter Berton YNOT – Despite the contention that still surrounds the new dot-xxx adults-only sponsored Top Level Domain, ICM Registry this week reported receiving 80,000 applications during the Sunrise registration period. While nobody knows for sure how many of those...

YNOT – Vivid Entertainment has named online marketing veteran Tim Siner vice president of business development for the studio’s web division, Vivid.com. Better known in the adult industry as “The Hand,” Siner’s career has included stints with BikerBabes Inc., FacialDollars, Video...

YNOT – Vanessa del Rio, the voluptuous Afro-Latina vixen from the Golden Age of Porn, has added a share of the revenue produced by her new telephone hotline to the money she splits with affiliate partners. Del Rio’s official website already pays affiliates a 40-percent recurring...

YNOT – Las Vegas-based swinger website Kasidie.com has revealed a white-label platform that allows affiliates to launch their own branded social networking sites. The platform is based on Kasidie’s proprietary website design and functionality, offering features adult surfers...

YNOT – The homeCams Model Broadcasting Network has kicked off a “Model Conversion Contest” that will award more than $1,200 in cash prizes to the models who bring in the most new members during November. To compete, models simply convert guests who visit their homeCams chat rooms...

YNOT – The Sunrise early registration period for dot-xxx domain names ended at noon ET Monday. In slightly less than eight weeks, more than 80,000 domains were registered in the space, exceeding overseer ICM Registry’s projections by 700 percent. “We couldn’t be happier about the...

YNOT – AVN Media Network has issued an open casting call for models interested in filling two spots as “trophy girls” during the 2012 AVN Awards ceremony. In order to solicit fan input, the casting call will be conducted via Twitter instead of face-to-face. Female talent who wish...

By M.Christian YNOT – Like most folks, I’ve been watching the … okay, let’s be honest here: pathetically clumsy dance Netflix has been doing lately. In a nutshell, for financial reasons the gigantic online video rental service decided to sever its physical...

YNOT – Officials in the Land Down Under evidently have a problem with little people having sex, at least on film. According to Eros Association, Australia’s national adult entertainment trade organization, in September Australian Customs Service representatives in Brisbane...