By Peter Berton TOKYO – Asian media is buzzing with news about the prostitution trial of 53-year-old Risako Yokota. She was busted in February and charged with violating Japan’s anti-prostitution law.

CYBERSPACE – Award-winning producer-director Michael Ninn’s eponymous website has a new look and new functionality, courtesy of the MetArt Network. MichaelNinn.com moved under the MetArt umbrella in late December. Since then, Ninn and the folks at MetArt have worked to revamp the...

TEMPE, Ariz. – Attendance at the Phoenix Forum jumped to a new record high, organizers reported Thursday: from 840 in 2012 to 1,100 in 2013. The increase represents a boost of 23.6 percent for the annual adult online industry conference, which took place April 4-7 at the Tempe...

VALENCIA, Calif. – Andy Kiefer has joined NETbilling as a sales executive and merchant relations representative in the company’s merchant acquisitions department. He brings more than 10 years of experience in payment-processing sales and leadership to the position. Previously,...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Adult director-producer Axel Braun continued his winning streak Thursday night by corralling three of four awards for XXX-rated parodies during the X-Rated Critics Organization’s 29th annual awards ceremony at Supperclub LA. Other big winners included John...

VAN NUYS, Calif. – Four new feeds from Pink Visual’s PluginFeeds leased-content division were created to satisfy a growing demand for couples- and women-friendly adult content. According to a company spokeswoman, the “softer side” of porn is a must-have for distributors and...

BOSTON – The entire library of original BDSM, kink and fetish videos created by one of the internet’s original fetish communities now is available across web, television and mobile interfaces worldwide thanks to a partnership between Wasteland.com and BadDoink. “We at Wasteland...

SEASIDE, Calif. – Online users viewed more than 511 billion digital videos during 2012, across professional, user-generated-content (UGC) and social networking channels, destinations, screens and platforms. The figure represents a year-over-year an increase of 20.3 percent,...

MONTREAL – WebYoung.com, an adult website paying homage to “the beauty of youth,” has re-launched following a major overhaul in both technology and aesthetics. Owned by Gamma Entertainment and operated by the company’s FameDollars division, WebYoung debuted in the late 1990s. The...

VENICE, Calif. – Tiffany Tyler’s all-natural, blue-eyed California-girl looks will be coming soon to an official membership website, thanks to a deal the 26-year-old performer signed with adult online network Pornstar Platinum. Since entering the adult industry in 2009, Tyler has...