WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The adult industry began its takeover of the internet in 1995. Although the initial incursion was slow, by 1996 the first affiliate program appeared, forever changing the way commerce and promotion were conducted online and ushering in the Digital Age for...

MIAMI – For the second time since Jan. 1, an adult performer in the Los Angeles area allegedly attempted to present a counterfeit health-testing report to a content producer, according to the chief of the lab whose name appeared on the document. Sixto Pacheco, president of Talent...

SALEM, Ore. – A website claiming to feature only amateur talent is celebrating its fifth anniversary with the same slogan it has used from the beginning: “When you’re tired of phony porn.” A spokesperson for DesperateAmateurs.com said the website offers only 100-percent exclusive...

PHOENIX – A broad coalition of bookstores, newspapers, photographers, publishers and librarians have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Arizona law the coalition says criminalizes speech protected by the First Amendment. Ostensibly designed to outlaw so-called “revenge...

LOS ANGELES – From the beginning, John Staliano’s groundbreaking erotic vampire series Voracious has embodied a unique combination of Gothic horror, psychosexual power exchange and mainstream-worthy performances. Stagliano released the exotic, hardcore serial’s second-season...

TOPEKA, Kan. – After its Republican-dominated legislature passed massive tax cuts in 2012, Kansas is so broke that state government has started auctioning vibrators and blow-up dolls as a means of reducing a budget deficit expected to reach $238 million by 2016. According to the...

WASHINGTON – Although the next U.S. Presidential election is more than two years away, congresscritters already are banging the “eradicate pornography” drum. The latest is U.S. Congressman Mark Meadows [R-NC]. Following disclosure that an Environmental Protection Agency employee...

LOS ANGELES – It’s tough to make a living in the scandal business these days. Just ask Jasmine Tridevil, the now-notorious Florida woman who is either a freak or a fraud, depending upon whom one believes. According to Tridevil—who reportedly admits on one of her websites that she...

PORTLAND, Ore. – A new service builds pay sites for performers and content owners and then markets the results as part of a new affiliate program. New Market Media’s Jerk Network hosts the sites and provides payment processing. According to New Market Chief Executive Officer Sam...

OTTAWA, Canada – At the same time the Canadian government is poised to impose a new anti-prostitution law that will paint sex workers as victims and johns as criminals, a national survey conducted by the government-funded Canadian Institutes of Health Research has discovered 70...