YNOT – In yet another example of why it’s not a good idea to blast your personal life out to anybody on Facebook, a Canadian woman saw her insurance benefits cut after she posted vacation pictures on the popular social networking website.Nathalie Blanchard was on paid sick leave...

YNOT – In a deal between fetish companies, popular fetish gear merchant Stockroom.com will become a master distributor for GwenMedia and Isabella Sinclaire’s Ivy Manor Videos.“They are a perfect fit for the Stockroom because both companies are known as innovative pioneers and are...

In a deal that could signal the end of the road for Joost.com, it was announced Tuesday that some of its assets had been purchased by Adconion Media, which according to their website is the “largest independent global audience network providing compelling interactive media...

YNOT – Friendfinder Networks, formerly known as Penthouse Media Group, has filed a lawsuit claiming an accounting firm that prepared financial statements underlying the 2007 merger of adult-industry giants Penthouse and Various Inc. “overlooked” massive European tax debts that...

YNOT – Two Ohio men were sentenced Thursday to one year plus one day each in federal prison after both pleaded guilty to selling obscene materials through the mail.Cousins Sami Harb, 44, and Michael Harb, 35, operated now-defunct Cleveland-based Movies by Mail at the time they...

YNOT – Security researchers are warning Facebook users about a self-replicating software worm that spreads rapidly and can have embarrassing consequences.The worm shows up on a user’s Facebook Wall as an image of a scantily clad young woman bearing the message “Wanna C somthin’...

YNOT – In an adult Internet marketplace that is festering with piracy and intellectual property theft, one leader in the industry is making a big bet on the ever-expanding role of live content. Kink.com already holds a reputation as a leading innovator in fetish erotica, and the...

YNOT – There are two things about which iPhone application developers agree: Gaining acceptance into Apple’s online app store provides a distribution boost…and achieving acceptance is challenging, at best. The latter is particularly true for any app with an “adult” twist....

YNOT – A California judge on Thursday ruled enough evidence exists to try James Raphael “Rafe” Mitchell, son of late San Francisco porn pioneer Jim Mitchell, on first-degree murder charges in the bludgeoning death of his former live-in girlfriend.At least part of the judge’s...

YNOT – The Association of Club Executives (ACE), the trade organization for erotic dance club businesses, has issued a warning to its members that the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department will be delivering I-9 audit notices to...