YNOT – The X-Rated Critics Organization will induct nine new Hall of Fame members during an April 12 ceremony in Hollywood, Calif. The class of 2012 includes some of the most popular performers of the past decade, a Golden Age star and the most prolific adult film critic of the...

YNOT – Adult studio Smash Pictures has signed on as a content provider on PVLocker, Pink Visual’s cloud-based content distribution platform. “Bringing Smash Pictures into the mix on PVLocker.com is a major boon for all involved,” said Liam Colins, director of business development...

YNOT – Third-party internet payment processor NetCash has added a new service that allows consumers whose credit cards are declined to pay with cash instead. Called CashCascading, the process may help web merchants save some sales they’d otherwise lose. NetCash President Peter...

YNOT – Hardly a week goes by without a politician or celebrity becoming involved in a scandal involving sex and mobile devices. Popularly known as “sexting,” the practice has ended careers and turned kids into criminals in places like Pennsylvania. Is sexting a trend, or merely a...

YNOT – Dating Factory, a leading supplier of premium white-label dating sites in Europe, has opened U.S. division and tapped online industry veteran Moreno “Mo” Aguiari to lead the company’s expansion into the North American market. “It’s very exciting to be involved in bringing...

YNOT – Evil Angel has posted the second webisode of Voracious on its website. Shot on location in Budapest, Los Angeles and Berlin, the erotic vampire epic debuted Feb. 14 and will continue with new episodes monthly for the foreseeable future. “This is the best filmmaking I can...

YNOT – Every Memorial Day weekend, Chicago rolls out the red carpet for fans of gay adult entertainment. For four days, porn stars, studio executives and other industry insiders party hearty in the Windy City in conjunction with the Grabby Awards. Grabby Weekend is one of the...

YNOT – London’s Piccadilly Circus glittered a bit brighter than usual Thursday night, thanks to the dozens of adult industry notables who packed Platinum Lace to celebrate the third-annual SHAFTA awards. UK adult TV network Television X, which created the awards and organizes the...

YNOT – Lucas Entertainment’s latest big-budget, shot-on-location flick has debuted on the studio’s website. The Last Day, an apocalyptic gay adult thriller lensed on the isle of Ibiza, stars Jonathan Agassi, Will Helm, Kriss Aston and Damien Crosse and features Rafael Carreras,...

By M.Christian YNOT – Created in late 2010 in a conference room inside Twitter’s old digs, Instagram is showing real promise and very well could become a serious, and rather unique, force in social messaging.