WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – Manhunt, a leader in gay adult social networking, has extended its webcam exclusivity with Flirt4Free. The two companies have had a fruitful relationship since 2010. Together, they created a high-converting gay cam portal at MHCams.com. Two years ago,...

CHICAGO – Intellectual property attorney Maxine Lynn has launched Unzipped Media, a publisher of three websites devoted to the rapidly shifting adult entertainment landscape. The blog SexTechLaw.com focuses on the unique legal, business and ethics challenges the adult industry...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Google will be imposing its will on the interwebz again in January, making major changes to several programs. At least two of those changes may affect some adult online businesses. First and most significant, Google insists everyone move from the HTTP...

RICHMOND, Va. – A Republican state lawmaker wants the Virginia legislature to declare pornography a “public health hazard.” Del. Robert G. Marshall [R-Prince William] proposed a resolution condemning porn. Like the trendsetting original resolution adopted by the Utah legislature...

CYBERSPACE – Evidently, Santa delivered a ton of virtual reality headsets this year. What was the first thing a whole lot of people did after opening the package? Search for virtual-reality porn, apparently. On Dec. 25 and 26, Google Trends showed a tremendous spike in searches...

NEW YORK – The Third Annual Live Cam Awards, honoring excellence in the adult live webcam industry, has opened the pre-nomination period for the 2017 awards. Industry members may register and make nominations here. Each registrant may nominate up to two individuals or companies...

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – Attitudes about sexuality may have become more lenient in contemporary society, but the bonds of matrimony haven’t. A new survey by adult products manufacturer and retailer Adam and Eve indicated the vast majority of Americans are not open to “open marriage.”...

CYBERSPACE – One year after its debut, the adult industry podcast Porn and Coffee has published a special holiday episode containing some of the best moments from the past as well as predictions for the future. “To help us all ring in the new year, we combed through everything to...

NORWAY – As the year winds to a close, businesses across the board begin evaluating their performance, with an eye to strengthening things that worked and jettisoning those that didn’t. With that in mind, intrepid YNOT.com staff went looking for information about trends in...

LONDON, Canada – What is and isn’t pornography? How can pornography be categorized in psychologically meaningful ways? How can we use a refined understanding of pornography to build a more nuanced understanding of its effects on consumers, both positive and negative? Those are...