CANOGA PARK, Calif. – The adult entertainment industry’s trade association has launched a phone and fax campaign to convince California legislators not to pass a law that would impose onerous financial terms on adult studios and unpopular physical restrictions on performers. AB...

MONTREAL – Early this week, JPMorgan Chase, one of the largest banks in the U.S., began notifying adult entertainment performers it would be closing their accounts based on moral objections to the performers’ occupation. A form letter sent to dozens of performers including Teagan...

CYPRUS – Like many women her age, Sunshyne Monroe likes shopping, make-up and drinking coffee. She also likes sex — lots of it, especially in front of a webcam.

LOS ANGELES – Newcomer Sophia Fiore is not shy when it comes to taking what she wants from another woman, as she proves in a new scene that debuted online earlier this week. The Fiore-Saint pairing is one of six scenes in the new all-interracial title Samantha Saint is Completely...

LAS VEGAS – A live-cam network that made its adult-industry bones by paying amateur and professional performers a 70-percent revenue share and providing a platform for individuals to sell recorded videos of live chats has launched a production studio. Nookie Productions, which...

By Peter Berton SEATTLE – A sheriff’s deputy engaged in a bitter divorce battle with his estranged wife found the tables turned on him after he played the prostitution card.

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Giant Media Group, parent company of adult studio Devil’s Film, has acquired North American distribution rights to all Daring Media Group productions. Daring is a Scala brand; Scala is a division of German conglomerate Beate Uhse. The deal includes feature...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – During its first year, a tax on Illinois strip clubs generated less than half of the amount legislators predicted. The state Department of Revenue’s figures for 2013 indicate the so-called “pole tax” passed in 2012 generated only $380,000 instead of the...

PHILADELPHIA – TLA fans have spoken, and the winners of the 2014 TLA Raw Awards have been revealed. According to the e-tailer, the awards recognize excellence among studios, manufacturers and performers in the adult entertainment industry, as perceived by consumers. “We’re...

MONTREAL – A gay studio has increased the frequency of updates to one of its primary websites by 20 percent. NextDoorWorld.com, owned and operated by Next Door Studios in cooperation with Gamma Entertainment subsidiary Buddy Profits, now adds new content six times weekly....