CHATSWORTH, Calif. – AVN Media Network has opened the pre-nominations period for the 2014 AVN Awards. Producers, manufacturers and retailers may submit products and locations online via a restricted-access website. In order to be eligible for a 2014 AVN Award nomination, a movie...

WILMINGTON, Del. – Hoping to cut its debt load in half by offloading shareholders and restructuring liabilities totaling between $500 million and $1 billion, FriendFinder Networks Inc. on Tuesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to a restructuring plan filed...

By Peter Berton SEATTLE – For the past 20 years, iconic sex shop Babeland has peddled pleasure by offering adult toys in an upbeat, sex-positive environment. Founded by Claire Cavanah and Rachel Venning, who still own and operate the company, what once constituted a single store...

CANOGA PARK, Calif. – The production moratorium in effect since Sept. 6 will be lifted Friday, Performer Availability Screening Services said late Monday. By then, production of sexually explicit scenes will have been on hiatus for 14 days. The voluntary moratorium was declared...

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – MojoHost, a privately owned hosting services provider, acquired all assets and customers belonging to competing hosting provider Colo-Cation, the company announced Monday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We are excited to have...

MIAMI – In addition to earning up to $40 per sale or a revenue share as high as 70 percent for new members referred during September, one lucky affiliate may win an iPad Mini from a program specializing in legal teen content. PaperStreetCash, which represents sites containing...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A pending bill that would have forced condoms and other barrier protection onto and into the assorted body parts of porn stars in California died in committee Friday morning. The expiration of AB640 represented the second time California Assemblyman Isadore...

BUDAPEST – The YNOT Grand Prix, presented by 2000Charge, will roar to life in Hungary for the first time on Sept. 24 as a sanctioned event during The European Summit’s fall trade show. Appropriately, the fifth and final race of the event’s fourth season will provide a rip-roaring...

LOS ANGELES – Recent reports about the firing-squad execution of North Korean singer Hyon Song-wol, allegedly for participating in the production of amateur pornography, caused a media frenzy that dissipated fairly quickly. Yes, there was the expected outrage over hints that...

LAS VEGAS – Performer Leya Falcon will have a new home in cyberspace on Friday the 13th, putting to rest — for her fans, at least — superstition about the day bringing bad luck. Falcon, a self-professed devotee of all things horror and sci-fi, said she’s delighted LeyaFalcon.com...