PRAGUE – Drivers in YNOT Grand Prix’s final 2017 race have extra incentive to put the pedal to the metal: Placements at the end of the event will determine who takes the season’s purse of $1,000 in cold, hard cash. The grand prize will be awarded on-stage Sept. 15 during the...

LOS ANGELES – Trans erotica studio Grooby may be located in Tinseltown, but a big chunk of its heart is halfway across the country with Hurricane Harvey victims in Houston. The Category 4 storm struck the Texas Gulf Coast Aug. 25, dropping as much as 52 inches of rain in four...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – The words “American-made” on packaging gives products a certain cachet these days, especially with the country in the grip of MAGA-ism. TrueTouch dildos capitalize on the frenzy, waving the good old Red, White and Blue from every lifelike pole. The...

In the age of Big Data, everyone talks about metrics. Pageviews, downloads, signups, bounce rates… All of those things are vanity metrics. They sound good and they may make your operation look good on paper, but what do they really tell you about performance? According to noted...

MANCHESTER, England – The problem with having secrets has always been the same: If there comes a day when the secret comes to light, all the effort that went into keeping it was for naught. Often, all the consequences, ramifications, reprisals and criticism one tries to avoid by...

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – ST Rubber, a German manufacturer of adult toys and lingerie, has named Eldorado Trading Company the exclusive North American distributor for the new Steamy Shades collection. Steamy Shades comprises “gentle BDSM” products. The line includes a wide range of...

By Richard Buss Since online dating became mainstream, the dating industry has been a large user of bulk emailing services. This makes perfect sense. Just like social media networks, dating sites must convince users to return and interact with other users. A dating site without...

WASHINGTON – Many years ago, a porn company I worked for had an opportunity to create major publicity for itself, but only at the risk of severely angering a prominent local politician. I’m not going to get into the details of the (very long) story, but the gist of it is the...

LOS ANGELES – Farrah Abraham, whose brief stint on the reality-TV series Teen Mom led to an even briefer porn career, evidently still arouses men’s fantasies. Pleasure product manufacturer Topco Sales has released a male masturbator molded from the celebrity whose on-again,...

HOLLYWOOD – In the past 24 hours alone, I’ve seen come across my cable TV guide listings for multiple competitive video gaming broadcasts, a reality television show in which people try to guess which of two (or maybe more?) chefs preparing their food isn’t really a chef,...