YNOT – A recent survey by adult novelty retailer Adam & Eve discovered most American adults prefer a mixture of lighting styles and levels during sex. The web-based survey, conducted by an independent third-party survey company, polled more than 1,000 American adults age 18...

YNOT – Many transsexual performers and models have found it frustrating to work with affiliate networks that don’t understand them or their fans. Even more frustrating is that lack of understanding leads to lack of profitability. To fill the gap, in May T-girl impresario Steven...

YNOT – Los Angeles-based gay adult studio Randy Blue has launched a new live chat feature offering fans the opportunity to connect live and one-on-one with their favorite RandyBlue.com models. Members and non-members around the world can connect with popular performers including...

YNOT – Adult industry trade association Free Speech Coalition on Friday unveiled a new incarnation of its venerable weekly newsletter, “X-Press.” Delivered via email to all FSC members, the new X-Press is more user-friendly, with easier-to-navigate links to external items of...

By M.Christian YNOT – Not too long ago, the name of social network Digg became synonymous with “poor redesign.” A recent re-redesign in response to losing ground to rival Reddit seems to have taken Digg in another direction and may infuse the service’s flagging fortunes with new life.

YNOT – AdultAppMart has added quick response codes to the desktop version of its Android marketplace, touting benefits for consumers, developers and affiliates. “For consumers, the advantage is clear,” a spokesperson for the company said. “They can browse through AdultAppMart...

YNOT – The developers of affiliate program backend management system MPA3 have added a new feature that allows program administrators to perform side-by-side testing of payment processors in order to see which processor is most efficient with their traffic. “Affiliate programs...

YNOT – Van Nuys, Calif.-based distributor Pure Play Media is seeking new studio clients in an effort to diversity its product offering. Currently, the company works with 18 studios in genres including teen, voluptuous, features, Asian, homemade, amateur and reality. Studios on...

YNOT – Adult internet pioneer Todd Allen Ostrer, better known in the industry as “sextoyking,” died Oct. 7 in Clackamas, Ore. He was 43. The cause of his death has not been made public. Ostrer began his career in digital adult entertainment in 1990 as a founder of the...

YNOT – Internet payment service provider SafeCharge, a division of Cyprus-based GTSBilling, has named Eddie Kreider director of sales for the North American market. Kreider, better known in the adult industry as Eddie K, founded the adult industry employment agency X Industry...