TEMPE, Ariz. – Drivers fielded by internet traffic network PlugRush claimed two of the top three honors during the YNOT Grand Prix’s pit stop at the Phoenix Forum. There are more than enough weird coincidences in that announcement to choke a carburetor.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Internet payment service provider Verotel, a a Dutch-registered international provider of financial processing services to high-risk merchants including those in the adult entertainment industry, now offers its clients the ability to accept bitcoin...

LOS ANGELES – Venerable adult filmmaker Viv Thomas has sold his eponymous official website in preparation for his retirement from the industry. On Wednesday, the MetArt Network announced it had acquired VivThomas.com, which MetArt has managed since January 2013. Financial terms...

By Peter Berton OLYMPIA, Wash. – If you’re going to ransack an adult store for goodies, make sure the store doesn’t have a video surveillance system. A burglar-wannabe in Washington State learned that lesson the hard way.

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Three veterans of the casual dating business have left established American industry leader FriendFinder Networks to launch a U.S. division of European competitor UpForIt Networks. Sean Christian, Charlyn McNamara and Joe Suzuki will operate from a California...

BOSTON – Public sociologist and author of You Study What? Chauntelle Anne Tibbals PhD is the newest contributor to Sssh.com, an award-winning erotica site made for women by women. Tibbals’ insightful features and commentary are expected to add a new dimension to the online...

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Late Night Poker Suite will return to the Phoenix Forum this year, offering attendees “professional-style” games, an open bar, snacks and a mini strip club with free lap dances. The poker parlor is a perennial favorite with night-owl webmasters. This year’s...

MESA, Ariz. – The latest social network for the adult entertainment industry combines a little of Facebook with a little of YouTube in the hope the site will encourage performers, companies and amateurs to connect with one another. According to its founder, Cumming2gether.com was...

By Peter Berton HONOLULU – Undercover police officers in Hawaii are authorized to have sex with prostitutes as part of investigations — and they’re fighting state lawmakers to keep their legal exemption on the books.

MIAMI – Welsh adult performer Sophie Dee has taken her preternaturally blue eyes and lush bosom to a new network. The curvy, XXX-rated Dee’s official website, SophieDeeLive.com, launched late last week as part of Vicky Vette’s VNA Girls network. The new site boasts an original...