YNOT — How well is the new Google-powered “Droid” smartphone selling at this early stage of the game? Early reports seem to indicate that Verizon’s big $100 million dollar marketing push is paying off.According to the CNET, sales for the phone probably fall in the 700,000...

YNOT – After several years during which adult entertainment technology seemed stuck in a rut, it’s good to see the industry in the mainstream news again for its prowess at prodding developers to new heights of creativity. Case in point: Rachel Kramer Bussel’s recent listing of...

YNOT – Westminster, Colo.-based BluMedia Inc., parent company of affiliate program IntenseCash, has signed an agreement to acquire gay publishing company JustUsBoys. The deal includes the company’s print magazine and the website JustUsBoys.com.“This will be huge for BluMedia,”...

YNOT – Busily engaged in sanitizing the internet since January, Chinese officials on Wednesday called for additional effort to eradicate porn on high-speed mobile data networks.China issued third-generation (3G) licenses to the country’s three mobile carriers early this year, and...

YNOT – AVN, the trade journal of the adult entertainment industry, on Wednesday announced the nominees for “best of the best” films, stars and websites in porn. Winners will be revealed Jan. 9, 2010, during the 27th AVN Awards extravaganza, to be hosted by Kayden Kross and...

YNOT – In yet another example of why it’s not a good idea to blast your personal life out to anybody on Facebook, a Canadian woman saw her insurance benefits cut after she posted vacation pictures on the popular social networking website.Nathalie Blanchard was on paid sick leave...

YNOT – In a deal between fetish companies, popular fetish gear merchant Stockroom.com will become a master distributor for GwenMedia and Isabella Sinclaire’s Ivy Manor Videos.“They are a perfect fit for the Stockroom because both companies are known as innovative pioneers and are...

In a deal that could signal the end of the road for Joost.com, it was announced Tuesday that some of its assets had been purchased by Adconion Media, which according to their website is the “largest independent global audience network providing compelling interactive media...

YNOT – Friendfinder Networks, formerly known as Penthouse Media Group, has filed a lawsuit claiming an accounting firm that prepared financial statements underlying the 2007 merger of adult-industry giants Penthouse and Various Inc. “overlooked” massive European tax debts that...

YNOT – Two Ohio men were sentenced Thursday to one year plus one day each in federal prison after both pleaded guilty to selling obscene materials through the mail.Cousins Sami Harb, 44, and Michael Harb, 35, operated now-defunct Cleveland-based Movies by Mail at the time they...