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Glam and Gloss
What's it like being an adult contract girl? Well, in my limited view, being a contract girl is like being in a polygamist marriage: We get involved because there is a mutual attraction that doesn't quite resemble true love.
Strippers and Hustlers Ball to Rock Vegas on Labor Day
The first annual Strippers and Hustler Ball is set for Labor Day weekend, August 30-31, to be held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
Huffington Post Exhumes Phil Gramm's Soft Porn Past
In a column this week that took Phil Gramm to task for calling the United States "a nation of whiners," Huffington Post blogger Max Blumenthal also made mention of the former U.S. Senator's early dabbling in soft-core pornography.
Court Rules for Plaintiffs in Alameda Books vs. City of Los Angeles
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a 1983 Los Angeles ordinance that bans more than one sexually related business from operating under one roof is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment.
The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up
The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.
The XBIZ Weekly Tech Watch
This week's Tech Watch highlights useful new websites, clever new gadgets and some of the must-have new add-ons for Apple's iPhone.
Have Star Branded Toys Gone Cold?
It seems there’s nothing that a celebrity endorsement won’t help sell, and sex toys and novelties are no exception. Everything from cock rings to sex dolls to sexual enhancement pills are marketed with sex stars’ faces on the packaging.
XBIZ Signs on as a Top Sponsor of The Atlanta Forum
XBIZ is pleased to announce that it has signed on as a Premium Sponsor and Seminar Sponsor of The Atlanta Forum, which will make its debut September 18-20, at the W Atlanta - Perimeter.
XBIZ Summer Forum Gets Mainstream Exposure
Last week’s XBIZ Summer Forum received mainstream attention from the Los Angeles Times, as well as LasVegasWeekly.com.
Special Report: Custom Videos
With countless DVDs released each year and the increasing number of niches within, one would think that there would be something for everyone. But it is almost impossible to satisfy the vast market and its quirks through the Porn Valley system.
Porn on the Road
It’s no secret that some of America’s largest corporations profit directly from adult entertainment offerings, including those made through hotel pay-per-view services — despite ongoing public protests from various religious and special interest groups.
Now That's Obscene
The feds have indicted John Stagliano on obscenity charges, which is an act that takes a lot of chutzpah; and the movies they chose to indict him on are pretty vanilla in my book.
Internet Industry Association Enacts Best Practices
The Australian-based Internet Industry Association (IIA) has announced its new code of best practices for online and mobile service content providers.
Knock it Off
Like the fake Louis Vuitton bags that litter Manhattan’s streets, rip-offs can be found in almost any industry. If it’s not a designer bag, it’s a watch or a designer shirt; the fact is, copying is an inherent part of business.
A Focus on Higher Conversion Ratios
This article can help you learn how to pull in targeted traffic from the search engines, improve your marketing approach to be more effective and convert that new targeted traffic into sales.
State-Level Prosecutions
During the George W. Bush era, federal obscenity prosecutions have been a major concern for the adult entertainment industry in the U.S. But federal prosecutors are not the only prosecutors who can charge adult entrepreneurs with obscenity; adult companies also need to be concerned about the possibility of obscenity prosecutions at the state level. State obscenity prosecutions have been a fact of life for American adult businesses during the industry’s best times and worst times.
Eliminating 'Novelty' From the Novelty Biz
There is surprisingly little actual “novelty” in the so-called “novelty business.”
Three Alternate Futures
As the Democratic Party wrestles with its knockdown, drag-out primary contest between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, desperately seeking unity, the adult industry is no doubt wrestling with its own concerns regarding how it will fare under the potential presidency of the three remaining major candidates. The voters’ choice of candidate in November will dramatically impact the way in which the adult industry will fare — potentially for many years to come. Therefore, an objective, informed evaluation of each candidate’s stance on erotic entertainment and First Amendment issues is critically important to determining the potential impacts on the industry.
Behind Every Video is One Guy's Hard-on
Just what is it that porn directors do, anyway? It could be fairly said about some directors that you still wouldn’t know what they do even if you spent a day on their sets. However, for the few good directors who create the bulk of high-quality, high-earning titles that come out of Porn Valley, the fair answer to the question of what they do is “everything.”
'Breaking Into Porn' by Liquid Lust
XBIZ Premiere presents two of porn's most beloved journalists discussing one of the products available in the adult marketplace: "Breaking Into Porn" by Liquid Lust Productions.