YNOT – After two years in development, Playpen, an adult social entertainment site that empowers models to engage their fans safely, discreetly and directly, has launched. By merging the social engagement of Facebook with the connectivity of Twitter and wrapping it around a...

YNOT – Adult affiliate program FameDollars has launched a new website devoted to “the synergy of art and porn.” According to director Oren Cohen, the “mainstreaming of porn” served as a catalyst for the development of LowArtFilms.com. All of the work on the site is Cohen’s,...

YNOT – The results are in for the second annual RabbitsReviews Best Of The Web Awards. Months of preparation and 12 months of new website reviews and perspectives led judges to choose this year’s winners among dozens of nominees in 20 categories. The categories and winners are:

YNOT – The 11th annual Cybersocket Web Awards honored dozens of GLBT adult websites and studios during a gala ceremony Feb. 7 at the Factory nightclub in West Hollywood, Calif. Sites were nominated in both “Industry Choice” and “Surfer Choice” categories based on how well they...

YNOT – Colin Rowntree, founder and chief executive officer of longstanding BDSM resource and playground Wasteland.com, will receive the 2011 Free Speech Coalition Leadership Award during a gala celebration at the Paladium in Hollywood, Calif., on Wednesday evening. Although...

YNOT – When Oregon State University administrators cancelled a scheduled keynote address by sex educator Tristan Taormino, students got angry. Then they got organized.

YNOT – Through April 30, affiliate program Mallcom is upping commissions across the board in celebration of the company’s 15th anniversary. New affiliates will receive 50-percent commissions, and current affiliates will receive a 15-percent bonus on sales of all DVDs,...

YNOT – Adult industry veteran Albert Lazarito has joined Alto Global Processing, a new provider of third-party payment processing, merchant account services and payment gateway services, as the company’s chief operating officer. “Our team has invested a significant amount of...

YNOT – Melbourne, Fla.-based affiliate program DateCamCash has added a gay male property to its collection of live-cam websites. GayCamZ.com utilizes the same back-end as the program’s popular Camworld.com and offers a similar assortment of banners, page peels, free-hosted...

YNOT – Free Speech Coalition had a busy week on the content piracy front. The adult industry trade association’s Anti-Piracy Action Program partnered with a new provider of services and technology and added three more tube sites to its participant roster. Porn Guardian, which...