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...

YNOT – Affiliate program GunzBlazing, part of the AEBN family of companies, has added three more straight pay sites to its portfolio. Though it began as a gay network, GunzBlazing now is almost equally split between gay and straight content destinations, as the additions bring...

YNOT – Famous for giving up her virginity during a controversial live Kink.com webcast, Nicki Blue has joined Heather Starlt, Yuri Love, Veronica Avluv, Angelina Valentine and Teagan Summers in the Pornstar Platinum affiliate network. NickiBlue.com offers scenes she performed...

YNOT – In November, gay adult affiliate program Next Door Buddy Profits will celebrate its fifth anniversary. Operated by Next Door Entertainment, Buddy Profits debuted in 2006 as a cooperative venture between Canadian amateur adult modeling agency FCF Agency and Gamma...

YNOT – On Oct. 28, the sun will set on the “Sunrise” registration periods during which trademark owners may protect their brands within the adult-specific dot-xxx domain space. The next registration phase, “Landrush,” is scheduled to begin Nov. 8, allowing adult entertainment...

YNOT – ICM Registry, the company overseeing the dot-xxx top level domain has launched a new program designed to help porn stars protect their stage names. The “.XXX Domain Names for Adult Performers” program will assist performing professionals in the adult entertainment industry...

YNOT – Monmouth, NJ-based affiliate program SexKey has added online adult industry veteran Chris Rodgers to its marketing team. Better known in the industry as “Evil Chris,” Rodgers will lead efforts for current and new SexKey ventures, acting as a consultant instead of a staff...

YNOT – Lincoln, Neb.-based Melissa Money’s owners have shuttered the affiliate program, saying the online adult entertainment market has changed such that operating a solo-girl affiliate program is no longer cost-effective. The most recent activity on the program’s flagship...