WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice has ended a five-year-old program aimed at reducing commerce in adult entertainment and other “high risk” businesses by choking off the flow of money. Operation Choke Point, launched in 2012 by the DOJ in cooperation with the Federal...

JAKARTA – A little less than nine years ago, the Indonesian Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (“People’s Representative Council”) passed a controversial piece of legislation called the Bill on Pornography, a somewhat watered-down and re-branded version of a previous proposal called the...

LOS ANGELES – “Live long and prosper.” The now-clichéd greeting frequently spoken by Star Trek’s resident Vulcan, Mr. Spock, composes a double-entendre when paired with two new lubricants from Topco Sales. Topco believes Vulcan Heat and Vulcan Wet are the first lubes of their...

Supposedly anonymized “clickstream” data collected by ad-targeting firms easily can be tied to individuals, according to two German researchers who sussed out the porn-browsing habits of a judge, the drug preferences of a politician and evidence in an ongoing cybercrime...

LOS ANGELES – Dr. Joel Kaplan has added new items to the Dr. Joel collection of men’s sexual health products. The collection comprises probes, pump systems, plugs, prostate massagers, masturbators, rings, sleeves and books designed to support erection enhancement therapy....

By Richard Buss As a professional email marketer, your job is to use your platform to increase the return on investment of your marketing efforts. Email marketing outperforms other types, delivering an ROI of $38 for every $1 spent, so incorporating email as a major part of your...

LOS ANGELES – Eight or nine years ago, long before the names John Steele, Paul Hansmeier and Prenda Law had acquired internet infamy, I sat in the audience at a legal seminar during an adult industry trade show, listening to a panel of attorneys talk about the prospect of suing...

LOS ANGELES – Lisa Hanna, a pleasure products industry veteran of more than 15 years, has joined Maia Toys as president of sales. In her new role, Hanna will work closely with the sales team to promote the company’s re-branding efforts and bolster a proactive approach to customer...

CHICAGO – A U.S. district judge on Tuesday finalized a negotiated settlement of $3.75 million Canadian sex-toy manufacturer Standard Innovation will pay to end a class-action lawsuit brought against its app-controlled We-Vibe products. According to court documents, an estimated...

TILBURG, Netherlands – Despite sharing a suffix in common, I’m sure there are many differences between Tilburg, Netherlands and Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Among these many differences: I’m confident if I were to shoot a porn movie inside a church in Gatlinburg, I’d find myself in...