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Q&A: Kelly Madison Discusses Road to Success
Award-winning veteran performer Kelly Madison and her husband Ryan have created a lucrative boutique studio with Kelly Madison Media, combining years of performing experience with stylized productions and savvy marketing. The endlessly innovative entrepreneurs have stayed fresh by adapting to consumers’ rapidly evolving desires, while cultivating their own unmistakable filmic brand of sexuality.
Q&A With PHS International's CEO Chuck Harnish
Established in the early 80s, PHS International has been — and continues to be — on a path of progression, evolving with the needs of the marketplace. When Jim Horne founded the company, it was called Professional Healthcare Supply and served as a small healthcare company. He met Chuck Harnish, who became his partner, both in business and in life, in 1990.
Q&A: Kelly Shibari Talks Career Highlights, Experiences
Kelly Shibari, an award-winning performer, publicist and social media marketer, made history as Penthouse magazine’s first-ever plus size model for its January 2016 issue. The Japanese-American entertainer and entrepreneur first entered the industry in 2007, eventually adopting the name “Shibari” in reference to Japanese rope bondage. She is now CEO of the "PR and Social Media" marketing company, The PRSM Group, representing clients in the sexuality and novelty fields.
Q&A With Vendo's Managing Director Thierry Arrondo
The team at Vendo loves challenges. Just ask the scores of happy clients who’ve asked the payment processor to come up with new solutions to increase sales and customer lifetime value.
Q&A: AEBN's Bishop Expands Role at Company
Longtime AEBN exec Bishop says he’s enjoying his expanding role, where he’s having much more interaction with all of the company’s departments and divisions. While AEBN’s staff hold no titles, Bishop looks out after various aspects of marketing and advertising and wears numerous other hats.
Q&A With John Albright and Charlie Berrebbi of Too Much Media
If you’ve been involved in the online adult business for anytime long, you likely know of Too Much Media, the New Jersey-based company that develops and supports a powerful suite of web-based products, including the NATS software that is used to power the back-end tasks of affiliate programs.
Q&A With Gamma Entertainment’s Joel Drapeau
Meet Joel Drapeau, Gamma Entertainment’s affable and longtime director of sales. Drapeau probably doesn’t need an introduction for many of those who work in the field of adult entertainment.
Q&A: My Shiney Hiney Exec Jason Daniello Talks Company Growth
With anal play becoming increasingly trendy, hygiene is of the utmost importance. With a variety of anal douches and enemas on the market, My Shiney Hiney was launched in 2014 as a line of personal hygiene products that focus on the exterior look of the anus.
Q&A: BaDoink CEO Todd Glider Talks Virtual Reality, Future of Porn
If there’s a hot button in adult today it has to be virtual reality (VR). What with Oculus Rift technology, new affordable viewing headsets popping up from manufacturers like Samsung, and creators producing content that puts the porn viewer in the center of the action, the industry is once again leading the way by embracing new technology.
Q&A With Payze's Sales Director Chris Rodger
Payze’s Chris Rodger arrived on the online adult scene during those golden years in the late 1990s, and he hasn’t looked back. Taking an entrepreneurial approach, the affable Rodger had a hand in launching some of the earliest solo-girl sites in the early days and later managed affiliate programs.
GameLink's BDSM Expert Casey Calvert Set for Reddit Q&A
Casey Calvert will talk about sex, her new role as GameLink’s official BDSM & Fetish Expert, her movies, and more in a Reddit’s Q&A forum, “I Am A: Ask Me Anything” on Sept. 23 from 5-6 p.m. PDT.
Q&A With Adult AdWorld's CEO, Daniel Rand
Daniel Rand, CEO of Adult AdWorld, got into the adult biz more than 15 years ago just be chance by recognizing a void and then capitalizing on it.
Q&A With DatingGold's Fabian Jansen
Meet Fabian Jansen of DatingGold, the online dating technology company that has been bringing home the gold for affiliates for years.
Q&A With Elevated X's CEO, AJ Hall
If you’ve ever operated an adult paysite, we’re certain you know of Elevated X, one of the industry’s top providers of content management software that is used on more than 2,000 websites.
Q&A: Kim Nielsen Discusses AMKingdom, ‘Saving Humanity’
The man behind the upcoming sci-fi epic “Saving Humanity” got into the adult industry “by accident.”
Q&A With Jimmyjane President Robert Rheaume
Robert Rheaume is the president of one of the most popular and design-functional brands in the industry — Jimmyjane. A veteran of consumer packaged goods and retail, Rheaume joined the pleasure products industry in 2014 and hasn’t looked back. We had a chance to sit down with the San Fran native to get his take on Jimmyjane and the state of the industry.
Exec Seat: Q&A With Streamate's Yuval Kijel
For Streamate’s Yuval Kijel, there is nothing like being in the live cams biz, the leading vertical market in online adult entertainment.
Adult Empire to Host Abella Danger Q&A
Adult retailer and entertainment website Adult Empire invited fans today to submit their most intriguing questions to “booty-licious” performer Abella Danger for an upcoming Q&A interview for AE's blog.
Q&A: Jiz Lee Talks First Book
Adult star Jiz Lee has announced a September release for “Coming Out Like a Porn Star,” a new book that contains personal stories from more than 50 porn professionals who “came out” — or chose not to — to family, friends, and lovers.
Q&A: Michael Klein on His New Vivid Post
Only a handful of adult industry executives can list three or more top tier companies on their resumes. And even less can point to major accomplishments that have impacted those businesses during their tenure. Michael Klein is one captain that has done both.