BURBANK, Calif. – For the eighth consecutive year, StorErotica honored what the magazine considers the best products, people and marketing in the adult novelties industry with a gala ceremony during the ANME trade show. Hosted by award-winning performer Kelly Shibari, the 2014...

By Peter Berton MONTREAL – Filmmaker Nica Noelle knows how to create porn, be it straight, lesbian, gay, trans or whatever other niche strikes her fancy. Right now, she is generating media buzz with Mile High Media, jointly launching a new gay studio called Icon Male.

CAMBRIDGE, England – Watching pornography can provide some viewers with the same high drug addicts experience from a hit of their favorite illicit substance, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge. The study involved an extremely small group of male volunteer...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – After a 27-year career in adult entertainment, Hot House Entertainment founder and owner Steven Scarborough has sold his company’s assets to AEBN division Falcon/Raging Stallion and retired. According to a statement released late last week, the deal...

MONTREAL – Three adult industry veterans, all with significant experience in affiliate marketing, have founded a new, all-gay advertising network to address the frustration they experienced when attempting to promote their own products. Rainey Stricklin, Joe Stricklin and Roger...

MOSCOW – Calling the image engraved on the Russian 100-ruble banknote pornographic, a Russian lawmaker has demanded the government change the design because the semi-nude representation of the Greek god Apollo could be harmful to children. In a letter to Central Bank chair Elvira...

MONTREAL – Affiliates can win $1,000 by participating in a summer promotional contest hosted by a gay affiliate program. Buddy Profits’ Flash for Cash promotion, celebrating the addition of new hosted Flash banners, runs July 10-24. Affiliates receive one entry per new member...

MONTREAL – Phil Balayan has joined the award-winning affiliate program FameDollars as senior marketing manager. In his new role, Balayan will oversee partner relations, strengthen core product offerings, refine existing processes and test new ways to interact with the program’s...

MIAMI – Penthouse Pet Jelena Jensen and performer Maggie Green have signed on to broadcast live cam shows via Vicky Vette’s VNALive platform. The women bring the total number of performers on the network to more than 60 worldwide. Winner of both the Best Porn Star Website 2013...

LOS ANGELES – A new online advertising network that claims to handle “a bundle of top-notch [adult] websites” has launched. Founded by Tony Hauser, who also serves as the company’s chief executive officer, Tier1Traffic “acts as a liaison between the [gay] sites it represents and...