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Investors Beware!
The adult entertainment industry is atwitter with investment fever. It's all the rage, the flavor of the month, the obsession of the year, and a lot of company owners are hell-bent to take advantage of the opportunities they perceive to be present in the adult investment area.
LinkBIGGER Debuts, Offers Link and Banner Trading
Touting its time saving and traffic building benefits, adult website link and banner exchange portal LinkBIGGER.com has released its free online service for public beta testing.
The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up
The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.
XBIZ Revives L.A. Industry Mixers
Adult industry source XBIZ will host the XBIZ LA Mixer, a networking event, Thursday, June 5.
The XBIZ Weekly Tech Watch
This week's tech watch includes sneak peeks at new anti-spam plugins, iPhone accessories and various intriguing toys for webmasters.
Specialty Production
Veteran porn salesman Dean Sussman says that every adult store he's visited for the past 20 years has the same type of customers in them.
U.K. Domain Prices Surging
While the physical real estate market may be suffering in many locations these days, the virtual real estate market in the U.K. is enjoying a double-digit boom in the value of its .co.uk domain names.
Oktoberfest Gathering Slated for Munich
Scheduled to follow immediately after the Webmaster Access Europe show in Amsterdam, the Oktoberfest Gathering promises a party atmosphere where deals can be closed and brainstorming sessions from the previous event completed.
The Solo Girl Scene
For years many models have run their own sites and achieved terrific success, yet many inside and outside the industry still drop their jaws in disbelief when they find out a model is also a savvy — and hard-working — businesswoman.
GOP Targets Al Franken Over Playboy Column
ABC News reported last week that the Minnesota Senate race has taken a decided turn toward the prurient after the state Republican Party released a letter Thursday that called on Franken to apologize for writing a 2000 Playboy Magazine article.
Cable Companies to Add Alternative Delivery Platforms
The AP is reporting that cable operators are not being hit as hard as other telecommunications sectors in the recession that is not a recession, and are planning on expanding their digital delivery products in order to remain a vital player in the home entertainment marketplace for years to come.
Report: Quarter of Online Projects Exceed Budget
According to a recent survey by Ruby on Rails software developer New Bamboo, constantly shifting project requirements and involving too many people in the decision making process are putting many projects over budget and behind schedule.
Online Pirate Faces Prison for Criminal Infringement
In a press release issued this week, The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has found Barry Gitarts of New York guilty of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement.
Jon Jon Keeps It Real With 'Keeping It Real P.O.V.'
Jon Jon is more than meets the eye. Not just your average adult male performer, he is also an accomplished director as well.
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 includes looks at the latest innovations in photography, social networking, news aggregation and collaborative writing.
Money in the Middle
Looking down on the Las Vegas Strip from my suite at The Venetian back in January, a lyric from a half-forgotten Leonard Cohen song played through my head: "The place is dead as heaven on a Saturday night."
Traffic Dude to Present Media Buying Workshop at XBIZ Summer Forum
Attendees at the upcoming XBIZ Summer Forum will be able to learn the ins and outs of purchasing and managing various forms of online advertising, thanks to a special multimedia presentation by the marketing masters from Traffic Dude.
Using PageFlakes
Looking for a simplified personal start page alternative to My Yahoo! or iGoogle? You might consider the Ajax-based PageFlakes.com.
XBIZ Taps Blatt Consults for New Business Initiatives
XBIZ has tapped Blatt Consults, a division of MarketingFirm.com, to explore new business initiatives for the adult entertainment industry’s leading technology focused media company.