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Articles by Jared Rutter

On the Set: Best New Starlets 'Unleashed' by Kay Brandt

XBIZ Award-winning director and prolific erotica author Kay Brandt, whose masterpieces include the “Baumgartners” saga, “Forked" and “Naked,” is going all-girl/all-sex with her latest for Adam & Eve.

2017 XBIZ Awards Show Crowns All-Stars

On Jan. 12, the adult industry's biggest night filled the largest ballroom in Los Angeles to capacity with all-stars and power players of all stripes, to crown the crème de la crème of video production, web/tech and pleasure products.

XBIZ 2017: Greg Lansky Delivers Rousing Digital Media Keynote

On Jan. 11, the Andaz Hotel’s Panorama Ballroom was packed with XBIZ 2017 attendees eager to hear the Digital Media Keynote address from speaker Greg Lansky, chief creative officer of Blacked.com, Tushy.com and Vixen.com, and one of adult’s biggest recent success stories.

XBIZ 2017: Performers of the Year Panel Inspires Excellence

Brilliance and beauty took the stage at XBIZ 2017 as five of the 15 nominees for Female Performer of the Year were introduced and interviewed by Alejandro Freixes, XBIZ Associate Managing Editor, Digital Media. Anikka Albrite, Katrina Jade, Elsa Jean, Sara Luvv and Romi Rain shared personal insights into their work as adult movie performers.

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Director’s Chair: Anton Slayer Discusses Decades-Long Career

Anton Slayer is what you mean when you call someone a mainstay. For over two decades, he’s been a pillar of the porn business — one of the hardest working, most frequently employed and always reliable directors.

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BDSM Expert Casey Calvert Gets Down to Business

For Casey Calvert, performing sex on screen was a career choice that came naturally. Fairly petite (5’5”) with dark hair and natural 34B breasts, her credits on IAFD.com number over 200.

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2016 Outlook: Studio Execs Discuss Plans, Challenges

What will the New Year of 2016 bring for the adult video business? According to an informal XBIZ survey, there’s a lot of hope in the midst of ongoing challenges. Even in an industry dominated by webcams and free online sites, positivity rules.

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2016 XBIZ Awards Celebrates Year's Best in Grand Style

The XBIZ Awards returned to the splashy J.W. Marriott Hotel in downtown Los Angeles for a swiftly paced show that was greeted eagerly by a packed house of industry movers and shakers.

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Industry Execs Say Overseas Distribution Remains Viable

Are there any profits still to be gained from foreign sales of adult movies? Shoot that question to Moose, owner of Girlfriends Films, and his answer is immediate and emphatic: “Yes — hell yes!”

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Leading Edge: Studio Executives Stress Quality Is Key to Survival

Where does the porn industry stand, commercially speaking, in mid-2015? It’s been accepted for some time that the adult video market has largely moved from stores to online and that the Internet rules. But do enough of the older markets exist to make the operations of porn studios and production companies still viable?

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Studio Execs Discuss State of Fetish Video

Fetish video has had a good year, according to several of its major producers. And they agree that it’s due in no small part to the phenomenal international success of the movie “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Ropes, cuffs and blindfolds have never garnered so much mainstream attention — and sales.

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Porn Studios Forecast Sizzling Parade of Projects for 2015

What’s the outlook for 2015? That’s the big question in the minds of both producers and consumers of adult video entertainment as a new year dawns. An informal scan of future prospects reveals challenges and ample opportunities.

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2015 XBIZ Awards Show Lights Up L.A. Live in Grand Style

The 2015 edition of the XBIZ Awards rolled out in celebratory splendor at a luxury hotel in the trendy, glitzy L.A. Live complex in downtown Los Angeles before a sizeable, excitable and party-primed assortment of dressed-to-kill porn performers, novelty nabobs and digital techies.

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Pleasure Products Manufacturers Bring Sex Education Into Focus

What role does sex education and concern for sexual health play in the manufacture and marketing of pleasure products? What value can be placed on the input of sex educators and experts? We contacted representatives of some high-profile novelty industry players and asked for their assessment.

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International DVD Market Remains Viable Part of Revenue Puzzle

Without the foreign market the porn industry would be in a woeful state. The fact that American-made adult video is gobbled up eagerly by consumers in Europe, Latin America and other far-flung territories is a blessing for its manufacturers.

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Kross, Ferrara Co-Direct Misha Cross in 'Wide Open'

Kayden Kross and Manuel Ferrara, life partners, become directing partners with “Misha Cross Wide Open.”

Brad Armstrong, Jessica Drake, Tyler Nixon Discuss 'Aftermath'

Director Brad Armstrong celebrated the first-day release of “Aftermath,” his latest Wicked Pictures feature, with an informal home gathering for press and media reps.

Studio Executives Find Ways to Weather Storm of Free Porn

The mainstream porn industry in the summer of 2014 could take its motto from Charles Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

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Diversity Drives Market Trends in Fetish Video

Fetish video is here to stay, with the market changing but remaining strong. While some longtime fetish producers complain about the difficulty of finding DVD distribution, online companies are thriving and branching out in new directions, while mainstream producers have found a new income source in crossover projects.

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Talent Showcase: Venus Rising

Barely two years into the business, Venus Lux has already established herself in the forefront of transsexual porn stars. The 2014 XBIZ Transsexual Performer of the Year is not only beautiful and charming but smart and ambitious, a savvy businesswoman making money from something she loves to do — sex.

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