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Porn Parodies Explode

The parody has been around almost as long as porn, but somewhere along the way it became a mockery of itself — lazy, unfunny and mostly reduced to titles playing on Hollywood without the scripts to match.

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Internet Takes Reality By Storm

It’s been said that the only real thing about porn is the money. While that may seem spot-on in a world full of enhanced breasts, fake orgasms and chemically-induced hard-ons, the adult industry is in the middle of a movement that has offered consumers content that is as real as ever.

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Discovering the Magic of the Orient

Peter Frost rode a wave into the Asian DVD market. Literally. The avid surfer from Hawaii was doing webcams in the 1990s and in 1999 decided to give it a try in Bali. It wasn't all business — Frost said the country has the best waves and he looks for "anything for an excuse [to] surf."

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The New Asian Persuasion

With a fractured adult industry overflowing with talent, it’s more difficult than ever for even a worthy performer to find recognition. Asa Akira is one starlet who, despite her beauty and consistently strong scenes, seems to get less attention than some of her more publicity-hungry rivals.

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Adult Marketing to the Mainstream

By definition, porn is not mainstream. It is necessary to maintain that line, however fine it might be, or it wouldn't be an "adult" business.

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Content's Interactive Future

The Internet is increasingly becoming home to adult content and frequently scenes aren't being released on DVD at all — a surprising turn for an industry that has spent decades shooting scenes almost exclusively for physical product to be bought or rented by the end user.

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Adult Content Distribution

Cable, satellite, hotel, video-on-demand, pay-per-view, fiber optic delivery, IPTV, mobile and handheld device platforms — all of these distribution platforms present potentially lucrative mediums.

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Old School Meets New

For years the sign hanging outside World Modeling was the Porn Valley equivalent to Sin City’s Welcome to Las Vegas sign, a public salutation to the American underbelly. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, virtually every big name in porn — as well as thousands of lesser stars and starlets whom few would remember — passed through the agency’s door.

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The Foreign Profit Potential

There is money in foreign markets, but how do you get it? Can a studio simply ship a few DVDs to Europe and wait for the money to roll in?

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Marketing a Monster

It wasn’t easy, but we managed to corner Digital Playground publicist Adella O’Neal and squeeze her — and squeeze her hard! — for the secrets to marketing the biggest adult title release in the history of the genre. Next time you have a multi-million dollar feature to market, you might want to consult this list.

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A Blockbuster for the Ages

Just how does one follow up the most successful feature in modern adult entertainment history? Make it bigger better, of course.

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The Profit Potential

There is money in foreign markets, but how do you get it? Can a studio simply ship a few hundred DVDs to Europe and wait for the money to roll in? If it were that simple you’d be standing in line at the bank with a deposit slip and a handful of checks.

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Back to Basics

There are more outlets than ever for adult content and maybe none is more sought after — and more evasive — than the broadcast market. Cable, satellite, hotel, video-on-demand, pay-per-view, fiber optic delivery, IPTV, mobile and handheld device platforms — all of these distribution platforms represented coveted and potentially lucrative mediums for adult content producers. But getting a foot in the door, not to mention going through the licensing process and getting the content on the air, can be a daunting proposition.

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What's a Store to Do?

DVD sales are a touchy topic in the adult industry these days. When asked for thoughts on the issue, one exasperated salesperson pleaded that the reports of dwindling DVD sales stop. “It’s not helping that retailers keep hearing that DVD is dying,” she said. “I think its just hurting things more.”

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Gonzo Newbie

At an age when most female performers have long since split from the industry and faded into varying degrees of obscurity, 38-year-old Julia Ann is having a major career resurgence. And what a career it’s been.

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All About Discipline

When most people talk about personal and / or professional standards, those standards are often adjusted accordingly when money comes into the equation. Isabella Sinclaire is not one of those people.

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Have Star Branded Toys Gone Cold?

It seems there’s nothing that a celebrity endorsement won’t help sell, and sex toys and novelties are no exception. Everything from cock rings to sex dolls to sexual enhancement pills are marketed with sex stars’ faces on the packaging.

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Special Report: Custom Videos

With countless DVDs released each year and the increasing number of niches within, one would think that there would be something for everyone. But it is almost impossible to satisfy the vast market and its quirks through the Porn Valley system.

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Custom Videos

With countless DVDs released each year and the increasing number of niches within, one would think that there would be something for everyone. But fetishes are like bellybuttons (and, for some, bellybuttons are the fetish), so it is almost impossible to satisfy the vast market and its quirks through the Porn Valley system as it stands.

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Specialty on the Shelf

As producers create a merry-go-round effect by randomly trying trends every couple years, specialties like MILF, teen, bondage, transsexual, interracial and countless others rollercoaster in popularity, as studios frantically try to hit every little trend.

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