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Sin Taxes on Adult Websites
On Jan. 1, Texas' new statewide sales tax on strip clubs officially went into effect; patrons must now pay a $5 surcharge whenever they enter a strip club anywhere in the Lone Star State, and similar "sin taxes" or "poll taxes" are being considered or discussed in Florida and New Mexico.
ProducerCash Sponsors Webmaster Pool Volleyball at XBIZ Summer Forum
New affiliate program ProducerCash.com will be serving up bikini-clad fun by sponsoring the latest Webmaster Party Mix event at the XBIZ Summer Forum ’08.
WIA Profile: Belladonna
Each month, industry news media organization XBIZ spotlights the career accomplishments and outstanding contributions of Women in Adult. WIA profiles offer an intimate look at the professional lives of the industry's most influential female executives.
Director's Chair: Vividly Wicked
Born outside the nation’s capital and raised in Minnesota, director David Stanley comes from a family of “iconoclasts, poets and radicals.” His parents actually taught him that all expressions of sexuality were “valid and beautiful,” as long as you didn’t hurt anyone. They also told him pornography was a good thing.
Foreign Affairs
Countries overseas offer an abundance of stunning, talented ladies well schooled in the fine art of unbridled boffing, plus they have those seductive native tongues with which to mumble whatever it is they say while engaged in on-camera fantasy sex. And there are all those castles and forests to shoot in; it's all so bloody good, right?
AbbyWinters.com Comes to America
Australian amateur website AbbyWinters.com brought a contingent to the U.S. for the first time in January when a group of AbbyWinters.com models, support personnel and executives came to Las Vegas to meet U.S. adult industry players and fans.
Christian Sings the Blues
When you see Christian on-screen, like most male performers, his main function is to be a sex prop for whichever beautiful girl he’s cast with — and that role doesn’t always lend itself to dialogue.
Shane's World Remakes Its Web Footprint
The bright and youthful slogan of Shane’s World, “The party starts here,” will become even more relevant when the longtime leader in reality gonzo content launches its totally redesigned website this month.
Behind the Camera
A couple of weeks ago, I got a double-whammy worse than this year's obstinate flu. I've been fortunate to work with pretty much the same crew on most of the videos I've directed for nearly 10 years; but now a couple of wheels have come off all of a sudden.
All-Star Legal Panelists Highlight XBIZ Summer '08 Obscenity Seminar
The XBIZ Summer Forum '08 legal seminar, featuring an all-star lineup of attorneys discussing the surge in obscenity prosecusions, is shaping up to be the hottest seminar ticket of the summer.
The XBIZ Weekly Tech Watch
This week's tech watch brings word of a major application from Google, new ways to write music and maintain cars, and several new ways to interact through mobile devices.
Cybernet Expo Seminars: Day 1
The first day of the Cybernet Expo seminar series got off to an early start with an official orientation session hosted by YNOT.com President Connor Young and Cybernet Expo Director of Operations, LAJ.
A Change is in the Air
This election year, each of the presidential candidates has endeavored mightily to be identified in the voters' minds as the candidate of "change."
XBIZ Summer Forum ’08 Hard Rock Room Block, Special Rates Re-extended 1 Week
Attendees to the upcoming XBIZ Summer Forum ’08 now have an additional week to take advantage of incredible room rates at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
Website Optimization 101
This article is first in a series to help you learn how to pull in targeted traffic from the search engines and improve your marketing approach to convert that new traffic into sales.
ASP.net and CCBill
I think there is a misconception about Windows and what it provides to the adult industry. I am not putting down any code engine such as ASP, PHP, ColdFusion, JSP or even Perl: I say if it works for you then use it; but I also believe it must work well.
The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up
The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.
XBIZ Mixer Packs the House
The XBIZ Industry Mixer played to a large throng of adult industry movers and shakers last night from both the web and video sides of the business.
The XBIZ Weekly Tech Watch
This week's Tech Watch brings word of innovative new ways to share content, protect computers, monitor health and find relief on the golf course.
Proposed Changes to 2257A Regs Issued by Justice Dept.
The Justice Department today issued proposed amendments to the 2257A section of the federal labeling and record-keeping regulations.