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New Options in Live Content
Free content sucks. Is live content the answer? Maybe, maybe not, but more and more companies are looking to live content to liven up tired members areas, draw new fans and expand their brand presence in a marketplace that is increasingly competitive and an economy that's increasingly grim.
The Sudden Impact of Gonzality
Creating a reality niche — and shooting it for the web first — has kept Sudden Impact on the top shelf.
Phoenix Marie's Sexy Slice of Life
The road to the riches on the Internet has many paths. Phoenix Marie has found her way front stage and center in the battle for Internet popularity. Since her career began early last year, she has not only has been a consistently in-demand performer on DVD, but she is now locked into a successful reality-based formula on her website that fits into her laid-back lifestyle.
Craigslist Impacts UGC Sites
Operators of user generated content (UGC) websites, including social networks, 'tube' sites, and online adult classified operations, may be substantially impacted by the outcome of the litigation involving Craigslist.com.
Captured Incognito
Sex in a public place — it’s a fantasy any honest human being will admit to having. There’s that whole thrill factor that comes with potentially getting caught having your Big-O in the great outdoors — even if it’s in an alley.
Amateur Content: The Real Reality?
Outside a nondescript strip mall, a busty blonde woman wearing too much makeup and not enough clothing waits, when all of a sudden…
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.
Adult Content Trends
Recently, XBIZ World Magazine asked several industry players "What is the most significant trend in adult content today?"
XFANZ TV's Look at the Miss XBIZ Contest Concludes
Performer Angelina Armani hosts the coverage.
The End of the Culture War?
The rather startling recent remarks by founder James Dobson to the effect that the conservative keepers of morality have lost the culture war could be read many ways, but I would advise against interpreting them as anything close to abject surrender.
Karen Kougar Scores 40Something DVD
Karen Kougar, who made her debut with The Score Group in the fall of last year, has garnered a starring credit and solo cover of the newly released 40Something DVD, "Cougar Trap."
Boobs, Butts and B-Sides
The Director’s Chair column started out more than three years ago as Gear & Gadgets, and this is its 50th appearance. It seemed like a good time to look back and revisit some of the people who have shared their successes, failures, hopes and dreams with our readers. The aggregate experience of the directors who have been featured in the column exceeds 500 years, tens of thousands of shoots and probably tens of millions of dollars in sales revenue.
XFANZ TV's Look at the Miss XBIZ Contest Continues
Performer Angelina Armani hosts the coverage.
Producers Facing a Stark Choice
Never let it be said that times are so tough nobody can figure out a way to make them tougher. There is a long tradition of mismanagement in porn that, while sustainable when product demand was high and the bar to profitability fairly low, becomes one of the industry’s greatest liabilities during hard times like the present. In all fairness, the same could be said of the automobile industry, which has also tended to reward loyalty over ability, but is this a flattering comparison?
Tool Tips: Portrait Professional
For photographers, designers and others involved with prepping images of models for publication, either online or off, one of the biggest challenges is to enhance the model's beauty while mitigating his or her flaws.
XFANZ TV Looks at the Miss XBIZ Contest
"I was nervous and I don't know why," outgoing Miss XBIZ '08 Nikki Jayne said about her pageant experience last year. "You've got nothing to be nervous about."
O'Connell: Girlfriends' 1-Man Show
Dan O’Connell is one busy guy — and that’s a big understatement. Aside from writing and directing all of the girl-girl movies coming out on Girlfriends Films, the company he owns, O’Connell also helps run the day-to-day operations of his popular production house. Yes, he breaks his back to put out the best girl-girl adult movies in the industry. But he does receive plenty of help from the other 12 employees at Girlfriends Films.
Cutting Edge Content
For adult paysite operators trying to satisfy a shrinking number of consumers willing to pay for porn, one of the most important considerations revolves around the type, quality and quantity of the content they offer.
Recycled Content
Some site owners are finding ways to recycle their existing content in the hope of earning new money from old productions, but in most cases experts see that as a shortsighted business decision.
XBIZ Rocks 2009 Summer Forum
Another stellar XBIZ Summer Forum has come to a close, with an impressive turnout of industry players — both new and established — making it one of the most successful XBIZ shows to date.