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Devil’s Films Eric Gutterman — Fired Up and Ready to Go
Three decades is a long time. Time enough for a kid to become an adult, enter college, graduate, get a full-time job, get married, have kids and develop ulcers. Well, maybe not ulcers. But, yes, 30 years is a considerable amount of time. And that’s how long Eric Gutterman, the general manager at the Devil’s Films has been in the adult film business. Well, 28 years, to be exact; that is, since 1982, when there was no Internet, and the adult industry was a totally different world.
XBIZ Summer Forum '10
I have just returned from XBIZ Summer Forum '10 in Las Vegas, which provided a unique glimpse of the state of the online adult entertainment industry today
Sexy Sizzle - Burn your Brand In Their Brain
With so much free porn available nowadays, it takes a unique idea and something out of the ordinary to get people to slap down a credit card. Sage advice from industry director James Avalon, a veteran who’s seen the industry change first-hand over the years.
Protecting What’s Yours
"Protect yourself,”adult operators have been told for years now. Sometimes this advice comes from attorneys as they expound the virtues of registered copyrights and the brand security afforded by trademarks. Sometimes it is the government telling you to use a condom when filming a sex scene. Sometimes it involves listening to that little voice inside of you saying that a certain situation just is not right. Protecting yourself seems to be everyone’s business, but most of all it is your business — and something to take very seriously, when the profitability and viability of your business is at stake.
Lupe Fuentes Named Miss XFANZ Summer
Pint sized sexpot Lupe Fuentes booty-shaked, sweet-talked and tossed copies of “Lupe Fuentes' Interactive Girlfriend Sexperience” into the audience during today’s Miss XFANZ Summer Pageant, winning over the crowd and judges for the coveted title.
XBIZ Summer Forum Ends With High Hopes
As the curtain begins to fall on another successful XBIZ Summer Forum, the B2B event of the summer is going out with a bang giving attendees opportunities to gain knowledge and network through the very end of the show.
Players Ball Rocks the XBIZ Summer Forum
Some think Vegas may be too hot, but attendees at this year’s XBIZ Summer Forum said “bring the heat” as hip-hop star Too Short ignited the crowd once again at this year’s Players Ball.
In Full Bloom
California Exotic Novelties Director of Marketing Al Bloom recently surpassed his sixth anniversary with the Chino, Calif.-based adult toy manufacturer, however after 40 years in the adult industry, Bloom is credited as being instrumental in establishing the adult home video industry and its legal protection by a unified entity — the Free Speech Coalition.
XBIZ Forum Day 2 Demo Sessions Focus on Practical Porn
Practical met porn in a big way on day two of this year’s XBIZ Summer Forum.
XBIZ Summer Forum: Day 2 Seminars
The second day of the XBIZ Summer Forum offered two seminars of interest to adult webmasters, as well as to decision makers seeking the best website infrastructural solutions for today and tomorrow.
Empire of the Sun
Don’t tell Pacific sun that DVDs are going the way of VHS tapes. While a rough economy and the proliferation of online-based content has combined for a potent one-two punch against the industry, Pritam Sinha isn’t ready to giving up on the discs that have served studios so well for decades. in fact, when it comes to the gay marketplace, the CEO has an interesting theory about the shelf life of the near-extinct format.
XBIZ Summer Forum: Cabana Networking Mixes Business With Pleasure
Poolside at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino mixed business with pleasure today as webmasters and adult industry executives gathered in their cabanas and at a welcome mixer at the exclusive Skybar lounge at the XBIZ Summer Forum.
XBIZ Summer Forum: Day 1 Demo Sessions
The XBIZ Summer Forum isn't just about seminars, swimsuits, networking and naughtiness — there are also live, hands-on demonstrations of powerful moneymaking tools, where decision makers experience the latest adult webmastering technologies in action.
XBIZ Summer Forum: Day 1 Seminars
The XBIZ Summer Forum officially got underway today, highlighted by a slate of informative and entertaining educational panels, presentations and seminars.
XBIZ Summer Forum Kicks Off With Speed Networking
Blistering business is the best way to describe the opening event at this year's XBIZ Summer Forum as the ever-popular Speed Networking session, hosted this year by Adult Webmaster Empire kicked off the three-day program.
XBIZ Summer Forum Swings Into Action With Golf Tourney
This year’s XBIZ Summer Forum started with the familiar cry of “fore!” as the Summer Golf Tournament got underway at the Royal Links Golf Club in Las Vegas.
ASACP to Attend XBIZ Summer Forum
The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) CEO Joan Irvine will participate in this week’s 2010 XBIZ Summer Forum at the Hard Rock Hotel.
Google Goggles
Perhaps the most interesting (and now, least developed) search innovation poised to hit the market is Google Goggles (www.google.com/mobile/goggles/), a visual search application for Android phones.
Government Report on Youth Internet Safety Cites XBIZ Writer
A government report on child safety on the Internet has referenced a story by an XBIZ staff writer suggesting that Congress take note of how to properly analyze detailed data on the reporting of child pornography.
Branding With Taste
Edible creams, lotions, undies, to kissable body spray paint, flavored lubricants, body desserts, body pasties, candied condoms and body paints all have one thing in common — they have to taste good. So what does a manufacturer do to differentiate its product? Ask consumers what they think. And that’s just what XBIZ did.