SAN DIEGO – They may not be the noisiest bunch on the adult web, but the group behind sites including VideosZ and 18andAbused have been making money for 13 years. After consolidating a couple of older properties, the company recently launched a new one: Bang.com. “Affiliates and...

MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota on Friday charged Paul R. Hansmeier and John L. Steele, formerly the principal partners in now-infamous copyright-troll law firm Prenda Law, with conspiring to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars by deceiving...

WASHINGTON – Ruby Corp. (formerly Avid Life Media), the Toronto-based operator of AshleyMadison.com, has agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission and state charges of consumer deception and failure to protect data in relation to a massive July 2015...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – Live-cam platform Flirt4Free has developed a new way for both customers and models to benefit from pleasure. The Flirt Rewards Loyalty Program incentivizes and rewards user engagement, allowing users to earn points as they participate in activities on...

SALT LAKE CITY – Gary Herbert, the Republican governor of Utah, signed the first legislative document declaring pornography a “public health crisis.” His April 2016 action started a nationwide trend among conservative lawmakers. Now Herbert plans to put taxpayers’ money where his...

MAZATLAN, Mexico – As the adult industry embraces virtual reality porn, VR pay sites are beating the bushes for traffic that will convert into sales. A recently launched tube-style site focusing entirely on VR content hopes to become a big player in the field. To that end, it’s...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Voting has opened for AVN Media Network’s 2017 Fan Awards. Each year, adult entertainment fans around the world cast online ballots for their favorite performers (and one consumer product) in 14 categories: Favorite Female Performer, Favorite Male Performer,...

STOCKTON, Calif. – Eddie Kreider will shutter the adult-industry employment agency he founded in 2008 in order to take the position of director of business development with adult-dating affiliate program Dating Gold. XBIZ Jobs [formerly X Industry Jobs] will close Dec. 31. “It...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – More than $50,000 is up for grabs during live-cam network Flirt4Free’s annual Flirt of the Year contest. The competition, which kicked off in October and runs through December, is designed to both celebrate and challenge the cam hosts who broadcast on...

LONDON – Given their druthers, more than 35 percent of adults in the U.S. and U.K. would take doggy style over any other sexual position. That’s according to a new survey by the folks at online pharmacy DrEd, who asked 2,000 people about their sex-position preferences. The survey...