YNOT – A new marketplace designed to bring “crowd funding” to the adult entertainment industry has launched in beta mode. According to its developers, Offbeatr.com is the first resource of its kind. Crowd funding, or crowd financing, has become a popular way for individuals and...

YNOT – In an amended complaint filed Friday, Manwin Licensing International dropped two of four allegations against ICM Registry and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, but upped the tenor of its arguments for the two causes remaining in the antitrust lawsuit...

YNOT – The Pornstar Platinum affiliate network has updated performer Heather Starlet’s official pay site, installing a brand-new tour, new high-definition content and new features. Since entering the adult industry in 2009, Dayton, Ohio, native Starlet has appeared in more than...

YNOT – The group of gay adult companies formerly operated as separate entities by New York-based EuroMedia merged this week into one company to be known going forward as Media Partners LLC. Among the properties under the new entity’s umbrella are distributor EuroMedia...

YNOT – Evil Angel General Manager Christian Mann and Wasteland.com founder Colin Rowntree will present the keynote address for the first Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention, scheduled to take place Feb. 24-26 online. Expected to run from noon until 1 p.m. PT Feb. 25, the...

YNOT – Stunner Media has added another website to its Phoenixxx affiliate program, bringing to three the number of gay pay sites in the program’s portfolio. BangMeSugarDaddy.com pairs mature men with twinks in hardcore action. Filmed in high-definition format, the video material...

YNOT – The 5th Annual Urban X Awards and Dinner Gala will take place July 21 at The Odyssey in Granada Hills, Calif., organizers revealed. Founded in 2008 by Giana Taylor and originally called the Urban Spice Awards, the honors annually recognize contributions of significance in...

YNOT –Al-Nour, the arch-conservative Egyptian political party devoted to fundamentalist Islamic principles, on Monday called for an “urgent” meeting of the country’s legislature in order to hear the party’s demand for a ban on pornographic websites. The news broke on Al-Nour’s...

YNOT – Winners of the fourth annual Tranny Awards were revealed Sunday night during a gala ceremony at Joseph’s Café in Hollywood, Calif. Seventeen winners reflected the best in transsexual adult entertainment as voted on by fans of the category. More than 100 individuals,...

YNOT – Tatooed fetish and erotica model Kayla Jane has joined artistic erotica producer MetArt as head of the company’s new MetModels talent-management agency. Jane also will lead casting efforts for MetArt’s web and film projects. An adult industry insider since 2005, Jane owns...