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VCX’s ‘Angel Face’ Nominated for XBIZ Award
VCX has received an XBIZ Feature Movie of the Year Award nomination for “Angel Face.”
The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up
The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.
Recession 2008 and the Adult Industry
This year has seen no shortage of turmoil on Wall Street and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has continued to plummet despite the financial bailout package that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush.
The Top Ten Lawmakers Influencing Online Adult Content
Although the adult webmaster can make a good living through entertaining online patrons with steamy content, it’s important to remember that there are lawmakers who make their living by fighting against the same. The movement to ban or tax online adult content has its roots in morality, greed and plain old political expediency. Politicians today find the adult battlefield a convenient ground to fight on — a good way to convince your voters that you care — without really doing anything controversial. The fight against immorality has been going on since this nation was founded. Things haven’t changed, but the backdrop now includes the Internet. This list represents a sample of the current forces that have sought to ban salacious content for ages. Among these 10 politicians are genuine moralists, hypocrites and pure politicians.
Obama's Victory and the Adult Industry
Barack Obama's supporters within the adult industry hope there will be a major shift in the priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice, including a cessation of federal obscenity prosecutions and the appointment of liberal judges to the federal bench.
Mixing it Up
Adult retail has undergone a major metamorphosis, a fact we're all well aware of and, from a consumer's point of view, something we're all very grateful for. The “couples-friendly” movement brought adult stores out of the dark, spurred major retail facelifts across the country, and forced company owners to analyze their market share and determine whether their product stock is relative to their target customer demographic.
AdultContent.nl Nominated for XBIZ Award
AdultContent.nl has announced its XBIZ nomination for Best Content Provider.
Stripping For Success
When Bob Dylan wrote the legendary lyric, “The times, they are a’changin’” so many decades ago, little did the genius from Minnesota know that his catch-all lyric could one day be applied to the world of adult stars and the enterprise of feature dancing. But yes indeed, along with virtually every other aspect of our society, now that realm is experiencing changes due to economic pressures.
Adult Content Distribution
Cable, satellite, hotel, video-on-demand, pay-per-view, fiber optic delivery, IPTV, mobile and handheld device platforms — all of these distribution platforms present potentially lucrative mediums.
Being on Center Stage
Does being a performer give some agents a leg up? After surveying some performers-turned-agents, there is no denying being in front of the camera gives an agent an advanced skill set on booking talent and managing their clients – they’ve been there, done that. Agents like Derek Hay and Lisa Ann are familiar with the everyday struggles talent go through, which they feel make it easier to relate to their charges. Here’s what several prominent performers and agents had to say.
Step Into The Arena
Being a talent agent in the adult industry is very similar to being a boxer. You need to constantly defend your title, flex your muscles and train (well, in this case work) hard. For many years there were only a handful of agencies monopolizing the industry, chiefly Jim South’s World Modeling. But as in any competitive and lucrative business, people see the ability to earn a living and more talent agencies have cropped up within the last few years. This is a profile of eight of the more prominent and growing concerns that manage some of the best talent in the business.
VOD: The Place to Be
In the current Internet age, studios have lots of options when it comes to licensing their content: work with online video on demand delivery sites like Gamelink or AEBN, use members' areas like World Wide Content and The Content Store and/or choose streaming video on a paysite that uses feeds from providers like Almighty Content.
The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up
The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.
Larry Flynt to Discuss Future of Adult at XBIZ ‘State of the Industry’ Conference
Larry Flynt will discuss the current state of the industry at the at XBIZ ‘State of the Industry’ Conference.
The XBIZ Weekly Tech Watch
This week's tech watch includes news that will mostly be a relief to file-sharers everywhere.
AlmightyContent Nominated for XBIZ Award
AlmightyContent has announced its third nomination in a row for the 2009 XBIZ Awards in the category of Live Video Chat of the Year.
Old School Meets New
For years the sign hanging outside World Modeling was the Porn Valley equivalent to Sin City’s Welcome to Las Vegas sign, a public salutation to the American underbelly. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, virtually every big name in porn — as well as thousands of lesser stars and starlets whom few would remember — passed through the agency’s door.
Private Media Group Nominated for XBIZ Award
Barcelona-based studio Private Media Group has been nominated as Studio of the Year at the upcoming XBIZ Awards.
Giving Credit Where It's Due
The gloom is thick in this land today. If it keeps going like this, they’re going to have to make the front pages of newspapers longer to track the downward spiral of the Dow.
The Foreign Profit Potential
There is money in foreign markets, but how do you get it? Can a studio simply ship a few DVDs to Europe and wait for the money to roll in?