Biz
Brett Rossi Returns to the Adult Biz
Brett Rossi, former fiancée of Charlie Sheen, said this week that she's returning to adult filmmaking.
Report: Big Banking vs. Sex Biz
A new report is casting light on a problem that is well known to adult entertainment professionals: a growing number of banks want nothing to do with them or their money — but this anti-porn stance is taking a broader toll, because it is also anti-women.
Adult Biz Should Learn More About Habit-Forming Products
In the end, our industry has a leg up on mainstream. The psychological drive for sex is the best trigger there is. But spending some time understanding and wrapping a framework around how to create a habit-forming product could stimulate some new ways of thinking about product design.
James Franco Attached to HBO Pilot on Early Porn Biz
HBO has ordered a drama pilot about the early porn biz called "The Deuce," which now has James Franco attached as the star.
Owning Your Craft: Working in the Pleasure Products Biz
If you have this issue of XBIZ in your hot little hands while you’re reading this, chances are good that you’re in the adult industry. Yes, the adult industry. I like using that term because it covers so many aspects of our huge business and it’s a little tamer than saying “The Sex Business” although I like using those words to describe what trade I’m in as well.
'The Wire' Creator Eyes HBO Series on Early Porn Biz
The creator of "The Wire" and "Treme" is developing a potential series about the porn industry in the 1970s and '80s for HBO, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
How Does Working in the Biz Affect Your Sex Life?
When I started off working in the sex retail world, I was excited to learn about sexuality and pleasure. I was looking forward to discovering new things about my own sexuality. Over the years, I saw a lot of my co-workers and colleagues come to some of the same realizations I did.
Cytherea Announces Return to Adult Biz
Cytherea, the renowned squirting queen, says she’s returning to the adult film business and will be shooting her comeback scene next week in Las Vegas.
Porn Biz Art Photographer CJ Everhard Interviewed by Fotografia
Italian digital photographic magazine Fotografia recently interviewed CJ Everard about his photography and the project “US” specifically.
The Adult Biz and Physical Cosmology
At some point in your youth, someone introduced you for the first time to the idea of the constantly expanding universe. Depending on the context of your introduction, it might have included analogies involving rubber bands and/or raisin cakes, and probably at least one reference to a “Big Bang.”
Lightspeed Media Taps Charles Anderson to Lead Biz Dev
Lightspeed Media has tapped industry veteran Charles Anderson as the company’s new director of business development.
N.Y. Times Spotlights Snapchat’s Foray Into Porn Biz
Porn once again is embracing new technology and has found a way to make money.
Pleasure Products Industry Vets Share Advice, Tales of Biz Past
Strong. Powerful. Long lasting. These words often describe the gizmos in the crazy world of adult sex toys but it also describes those people who have been in the industry for more than 15 years, mostly with the same company.
Adult Biz & the Law: Violations and the Violated
In early November, Uber found itself under fire for a number of privacy violations and frankly chilling suggestions of how it can use its data. One of Uber’s executives admitted spying on a journalist, and reports leaked out about how Uber used its “God view” ability to watch well-known passengers’ whereabouts as a mere party trick.
The Dynamic Live Sex Chat Biz
You can have the best, most qualified traffic money can buy or search engine relevance can drive to your site, but if your content isn’t above par, you can forget about converting it to sales.
Beamonstar Products Bringing Booming E-Cig Biz to Adult
Award-winning Beamonstar Products is known industry-wide as the first to bring the booming male sexual enhancement market to adult retailers. Now, Beamonstar is at it again with its recent foray into the e-cig business.
Playing ‘Hot Potato’: Adult Biz Tries Not to Get Burned
Wikipedia will tell you that “Hot Potato” is a fast-paced, high-pressure children’s party game that involves players gathered in a circle, tossing a small object such as a beanbag or tennis ball [originally a “hot potato” it seems] to each other, while music plays.
Cam Biz: Social Media Offers A Hook
Anyone who doubts for a minute that the adult webcam sector has come a long way need only consider the fact that the sector now has its own convention: Camming Con, which focuses on cams exclusively. These days, cam models and cam-friendly affiliates are operating in a much larger market than they were five years ago.
The Cam Biz: Traffic, Billing Push Live Cam Growth
The live webcam sector has enjoyed tremendous growth in the adult entertainment industry, evolving into a field that is much more profitable, diverse and technologically sophisticated than it was during the early days of erotic webcams.
Understanding the German Live Cam Biz
Germany is one of the worldwide top markets when it comes to traffic and profits in the adult industry. The most profitable services these days are webcams and dating.