HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – During a gala ceremony Thursday night at OHM Nightclub, the X-Rated Critics Organization honored critical successes in 29 categories encompassing performers, directors, websites and community service. In addition, four humans and one film entered the Hall of...

TOKYO – Japanese pleasure products manufacturer Tenga Co. Ltd. has expanded its global operations with a U.S. division. Based in California, Tenga USA Inc. will address what the company called a “growing demand” for Tenga- and Iroha-branded products in the American market. “It...

Everyone with any connection to owning, building or operating a website is familiar with the term “SEO,” and for good reason: The way a website handles SEO affects the site’s discoverability, and therefore, its profitability. SEO stands for “search engine optimization.” Much like...

MANHATTAN, Kan. – For a subject hardly anyone spoke about publicly for decades, there’s certainly a lot of debate surrounding porn these days. Does watching it make a person more likely to commit sex crimes, or less likely? Is porn just harmless fun, or a public health crisis?...

STRATHAM, N.H. – The Lovelife Cuddle Mini, new from luxury pleasure product manufacturer OhMiBod, is a rechargeable, travel-sized version of the company’s design-award-winning Cuddle, but the mighty mite is more than just a compact vibe. Featuring a curved, G-spot-centric design,...

Who would’ve expected a porn tube site to take an interest in helping spare people the embarrassment that accompanies sexted images gone astray? Considering the site is Pornhub, perhaps everyone should have expected the unexpected. In mid-April, the company quietly debuted a new...

TORONTO – A rebooted adult industry event launched with a bang April 20-23. The inaugural Toronto International Porn Festival, hosted by “sexuality store” Good For Her, sought to screen “the most creative, expressive, diverse and erotic pornography the industry has to offer.”...

PHOENIX – Pleasure product manufacturer B Swish has released two new wands: an upgraded take on the classic Bgee and the new Bthrilled mini. The waterproof, battery-operated vibes expand B Swish’s colorful catalog. Bgee Classic Plus builds on B Swish’s popular Bgee Classic, a...

NEW YORK CITY – Let’s be honest: Not everyone can afford the time or expense required to attend one of the adult entertainment industry’s celebrated awards shows. Unless you live in a major U.S. coastal city or a European hotspot, the travel alone is onerous. Then there’s the...

LOS ANGELES – If there’s one thing I’ve found consistently entertaining and amusing over my years working in and around the adult entertainment industry, it’s the lengths to which many pornographers will go in drawing significant qualitative distinctions between their own work...