By Erika Icon YNOT – Don’t be too quick to get rid of your external back-up drives. “Cloud” storage may not be as safe — or as private — as it seems.

YNOT – The adult films that ushered in the Golden Age of Porn entered the 21st Century this week with the launch of new website that makes them available for immediate streaming. Smut.com is owned and operated by the same people who own classic titles including Deep Throat,...

YNOT – Erik Schannen has returned to Sureflix Digital Distribution Inc. as the company’s chief executive officer. Schannen, who founded the Toronto-based gay digital video-on-demand and broadcast company in 2000, stepped away from the helm but remained a shareholder after Private...

YNOT – When JuicyAds presents the YNOT Grand Prix April 3 in Phoenix, the company will have more than just a marketing presence at the race: JuicyAds founder and President Juicy Jay is a perennial — and perennially savage — competitor. Normally outgoing and jocular, the man...

YNOT – Three days before a controversial statewide “condoms in porn” bill was to receive a hearing before a California Assembly committee, an equally controversial charitable organization filed an official complaint claiming a permitted adult content producer was defying Los...

YNOT – A gay toons website believed by its owners to be the only site of its kind that is updated daily will pay affiliates 75-percent initial revenue share or $50 per sale through the end of March. On April 1, payouts are expected to return to 60-percent recurring revenue share...

YNOT – A new video series from two formidable talents in the lesbian erotica arena aspires to deliver real women having real sex without the intrusion of a director’s notions about what “real sex” looks like. Australian videographer Michelle Lust and American producer-director...

YNOT – A five-year-old virtual meeting place for swingers has changed hands but not vibe, according to the principals involved in the transaction. Founders Scott Purcell and Nicoleta turned over the reins of Kasidie Entertainment LLC and its flagship website, Kasidie.com, to...

YNOT – Adult performer Kendra Lust, who describes herself as “the MILF next door,” has launched her official website as part of the Pornstar Platinum network. “Kendra has been impressing critics and audiences with her sensuous moves and gorgeous curves since joining the adult...

YNOT – AVN founder Paul Fishbein and former AVN Media Network Chief Executive Officer Darren Roberts have launched a network that aims to provide consumer-oriented news, entertainment, documentaries and talk shows about the adult industry to cable, web and broadcast outlets. At...