MORGANVILLE, N.J. – Grocers, drugstores and other mainstream retailers believe in the power of loyalty discounts. Now that payment solutions company Payze has added a loyalty discount feature to its billing system, adult entertainment merchants can put the same power to work for...

By Peter Berton BRENTWOOD, Calif. – You have to hand it to the Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey. Keeping in tune with the classic-rock super-group’s commitment to the 1970s, Frey was spotted buying a good old-fashioned porn magazine at his local retailer in Brentwood.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Could the auction model represent a new financial boon for adult entertainment? Kink.com thinks so. A test of the theory demonstrated extraordinary potential when an Australian consumer bid $42,000 for a one-hour, private BDSM webcam session. The winning...

By Peter Berton CALGARY, Canada – Men hiding porn: Stop keeping the secret from your significant other. That’s the lesson to be drawn from a study conducted by University of Calgary researchers Kevin Alderson and Marley Resch.

CANOGA PARK, Calif. – During an awards ceremony scheduled to take place Jan. 22, adult industry trade association Free Speech Coalition will recognize 11 companies and individuals as examples of business done right. The annual FSC Awards honor “excellence in business and...

MONTREAL – The nominations cycle for the fifth annual Rabbit’s Innovation and Site Excellence Awards opened Monday. The RISE Awards honor online adult entertainment in their own inimitable, often humorous, way. “We think we have a pretty unique advantage when it comes to...

PHILADELPHIA – The latest hardcore project from award-winning producer-director Chi Chi LaRue is not a full-length feature film but a 12-part series that will be broadcast exclusively online. Little information is available about the storyline for Sentenced, but the trailer for...

CANOGA PARK, Calif. – After a change in ownership, AMTC Testing Services, a nationwide network of health-testing centers serving the adult entertainment industry, has rejoined the Performer Availability Screening Services program. The network had been on hiatus following the...

LAS VEGAS – The second-annual Boobs, Booze & Bowling mixer, set to take place Saturday during Internext Expo, will serve multiple purposes, according to organizers. First and foremost, the event presents an opportunity for trade-show attendees to unwind — and potentially...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – A former gay adult performer and escort convicted four years ago in the gruesome murder of a porn studio owner may get another chance to “tell it to the judge.” After several continuances, Harlow Cuadra, his new attorney and his former legal team appeared in...