BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – LFP Internet Group LLC, a division of Larry Flynt’s Hustler empire, has hired Jean-Sebastian Poirier Fournier, better known in the industry as Stinger, as a management consultant. According to a formal announcement, LFP noted Fournier will assist the...

SAN MARINO, Calif. – Cloud, hosting, streaming media content delivery network management compose a partial list of “fresh and much-needed features,” according to developers of a content management system designed for the adult entertainment industry. Adult SiteRunner also...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. government plans to discontinue its control over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, officials announced Friday, giving the tax-exempt, quasi-governmental organization complete autonomy for the first time since its establishment in...

LOS ANGELES – Despite a global economy that remains lackluster for most of the adult entertainment industry, some “old school” studios have found a godsend in the online realm … no matter how reluctant they were to embrace the internet in the beginning. Nearly 20 years after the...

By Peter Berton CHICAGO – Sex toys have gone mainstream in a big way. The website of venerable department store Sears now carries vibrators, strap-ons, male masturbation devices and fetish gear.

TEMPE, Ariz. – The YNOT Grand Prix’s fifth championship season will make its second pit stop March 26 as an official opening event for the annual Phoenix Forum conference. Set to begin at 6 p.m. at a new facility in Scottsdale, Ariz., the race is presented by long-term title...

TORONTO – A first-of-its kind collaboration between a provider of video-on-demand services and a producer of gay adult content will make 20 additional full-length films available to operators of white-labeled online theaters. Sureflix Digital Distribution Inc. already has added...

CALABASAS, Calif. – A live-webcam performer and the online network through which she broadcasts reaped the rewards of popularity after one fan spent $57,000 on private-show credits in a single day. Flirt4Free declined to reveal the performer’s identity or her benefactor’s, saying...

By Peter Berton NEW YORK – Sex Box, a reality TV show featuring real couples having real sex on-set inside an opaque box, flopped in the UK despite much hype and morally outraged backlash. Nevertheless, WE tv plans to import the concept to the U.S. market. The cable network has...

PARIS – Award-winning mobile traffic monetization program Affil4You has added a new program it calls Live Show Targets. “Live Show Targets are live-cam services for the straight and gay markets,” Managing Director Joey Gabra explained. “They can be used as in-line promotional...