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In Review: 'Porn @ Work'
In his book "Porn @ Work," author Michael Leahy tackles the effects and implications associated with accessing adult material in the workplace — via technological innovations embraced by the online adult industry — and the sexual addiction it fuels.
Honey's Place, It's All About Customer Service
Ask Honey’s Place President Bonnie Feingold why Honey’s Place continues to remain successful, and she is direct: “It’s customer service. Every customer, large or small, is treated extremely well.”
Dial R for Rumors
When it comes to lubricants, more and more health conscious people are thinking about its ingredients as opposed to solely how effective the product is. It is, after all, entering a vulnerable area of the body — the inside. In the last half decade, rumors have been floating around online questioning the safety of glycerin and parabens as ingredients.
The Emperor Strikes Back
In last month’s issue of XBIZ Premiere, we presented part one of our exclusive interview with Evil Angel founder, gonzo pioneer and entrepreneur extraordinaire John Stagliano.
Ruminations on Testing, Performer Safety
With the news breaking in early June that a performer had tested HIV positive, the industry’s omnipresent gossip mill began to churn. Since AIM Healthcare changed its policy and didn’t release the women’s name to the industry at large — or the names of the performers under quarantine that she worked with — speculation spread fast.
XBIZ Signs On as Media Sponsor for Exxxotica New York
“We’ve forever held our events to a very high standard, and we are happy to work with another organization that obviously does the same," Exxxotica Expo Director J. Handy said.
Third-Party Record Keepers Beware
In addition to '2257, there are two federal statutes of which aspiring third-party record keepers need to be aware.
Tool Tips: DiskDigger
Two of the biggest challenges faced by all computer users are recovering accidentally deleted files, and ensuring that purposefully deleted files actually remain deleted.
Two Websites are Better Than One
A recent experience prompts me to write these words of warning: we who make our living from the adult entertainment industry must be extra vigilant when it comes to securing our Internet assets.
The B Word
Without question, we are in the midst of one of the worst global economic meltdowns of the last hundred years. Few industry sectors have been spared, including the adult entertainment sector, which until now had been considered by many industry experts to be recession-proof.
Rapper Imprisoned for Song Lyrics
In a case with profound First Amendment implications, a Florida rapper is going to jail for two years because of the words he sang in a song.
Jism Schism
The worm has turned. Even companies that dominate their sectors are at pains to maintain the illusion of business as usual.
Sexlets Gum Enters Male Enhancement Arena
The latest entrant in the male sexual enhancement category is Sexlets Gum via Future Lifestyles LLC.
Penile Implants
It's kind of like a horror movie. Invasion of the Implants. Penises in porn are getting noticeably smaller and decidedly more flaccid than they used to be... despite the many enhancers and enlargers now available to the vertically-challenged.
Ask Me No Questions...
It was Austrian logician Kurt Gödel who put his finger on something we all already know: You can't prove a system from within a system.
The State of Adult Content Piracy
Anyone who makes a living creating or selling adult movies understands the impact of piracy. Recently, another gay studio announced it is going out of business. It cannot compete with the massive amount of free available content.
Obscenity Laws Around the World
In an increasingly global economy, many American adult entertainment companies will no doubt intensify their international marketing efforts — and the more they know about obscenity laws around the world, the better off they will be.
Sinner for Life
Every now and again a performer explodes onto the scene fully formed, his star aura gleaming, and sets jaded, seen-it-all industryites on their ear. Ricky Sinz is such a creature. In just about two years, he has become one of gay adult's top draws with a mantel-piece straining under the weight of his trophies - all this with less than 20 films to his credit. In fact, Raging Stallion Studios not only named him their Man of the Year for 2009, but it signed him to a lifetime-exclusive contract as well.
XBIZ.net Releases Version 1.5, Bid-Based Advertising Launching
On the heels of its highly successful May launch, leading news media network XBIZ has unveiled version 1.5 of the industry’s No. 1-visited social network marketplace, XBIZ.net.
3 M's of Materials, Marketing and Masturbation
For our Hot Issue, XBIZ explored three themes that have been lighting a fire under the toy biz this year: materials that are as “green” for the earth as they are for the body; marketing direct-to-consumer without traditional advertising; and masturbation trends inspiring even the most vanilla to explore the extreme.