WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – Folks do all sorts of things in the name of romance on Valentine’s Day. Few, however, go to the extent of gifting the object(s) of their desire with $50,000. Enter Flirt4Free, which plans to present more than $50,000 in cash and credits to models and...

MOSCOW – Russian censors on Tuesday blacklisted MindGeek website Brazzers.com, the third adult site the country has ordered ISPs to block in six months. The other two — PornHub.com and YouPorn.com, both “disappeared” by media watchdog Roskomnadzor in September 2016 — also belong...

CYPRUS – In 2008, I had a remarkable conversation with a marketing director from a major adult entertainment studio about a porn parody planned by his creative team but derailed by the company’s owner over what seemed to me a very unusual and unlikely concern. John McCain, then a...

SWITZERLAND – Although Terpon doesn’t plan to launch its revolutionary 3D virtual-reality webcam until April, suddenly the company is on everyone’s radar. Within the past week, Terpon has signed deals with two major platforms independent cam models use to interact with their...

MONTREAL – Deep within a recent article about Pornhub’s new sexual education efforts — a possibly Quixotic effort that is a rich subject for an article all its own — lies an eyebrow-raising claim that says it all when it comes to the deep, fundamental cluelessness writers working...

DALLAS – One of the unfortunate facts of life for anyone who has performed in porn is the choice tends to follow the person through the rest of his or her life. It’s neither fair nor reasonable, in my view, but it is what it is: Having “porn performer” on one’s resume...

BARCELONA, Spain – Voting has opened for the third annual Live Cam Awards. Performers, studios, businesspeople, websites, service providers, events and pleasure products vie for honors in 36 categories. Industry members and fans may vote through Feb. 28. Veteran cam model...

Nearly seven in 10 Americans (69 percent) now use social media, according to new fact sheets from the Pew Research Center. Almost three-quarters (73 percent) have a broadband internet connection at home, and more than three-quarters (77 percent) own a smartphone through which...

A while back, I read an article about a new song “composed by artificial intelligence.” Journalists and critics who have written about the tune (“Daddy’s Car”) often label it a harbinger of doom for human musicians and composers. It’s an interesting point of view, considering the...

By Richard Buss Perhaps one of the most consequential mistakes in email marketing is the failure to get proper permission from the people you plan to contact. That probably reads like a straightforward statement, but there are different levels to this crime. Here’s a look at some...