LAKELAND, FL – Chris Wilson’s websites have raised eyebrows and attracted law enforcement attention in the past, but he never expected it to lead to jail time – especially before a conviction. Yet today he sits in the Polk County jail, accused of 300 misdemeanor obscenity counts...

CHICAGO, IL – Playboy Enterprises Inc. announced on Tuesday that it will cut its flagship magazine’s bate rate to 3 million, which represents a reduction of 4.7%. A magazine’s base rate is the estimated circulation that publishers use as a basis for advertising prices – generally...

The good news is that Americans are getting laid and enjoying it. The bad news is that they’re not necessarily making sure that their sex is safe.During September of this year, MSNBC.com and Zogby International polled more than 56,000 adult American men and women between the ages...

CYBERSPACE – Months before hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, federal auditors warned that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) did not have effective procedures for sending equipment or human resources into disaster areas, an assessment that appears to have been...

POLK COUNTY, FL – The Polk Country Sheriff’s Office raided the home of Chris Wilson, 27, of Edgewood Drive in Lakeland, Florida, and charged him with 301 counts of obscenity. Wilson was arrested, and his bail was set at $151,000.Wilson’s amateur porn website...

PITTSBURGH, PA – The FBI raided the home of a controversial erotic stories website owner on Friday, apparently on charges of obscenity. The website, red-rose-stories.com, posted a notice on its home page announcing the raid and warning customers that the FBI now has access...

ST. MARTINVILLE, LA – Judge Charles Porter upheld Louisiana’s obscenity law in the face of challenges that the statute is overbroad and so vague that it could stifle constitutionally protected expression.Among the attorneys representing Emmette Jacob Jr., the owner of Le Video...

ALTA DENA, CA – YNOT has learned that the Federal Bureau of Investigations has returned Max Hardcore’s servers to his Florida-based ISP, and although Mr. Hardcore’s California servers have not yet been returned, maxhardcore.com is back up.Mr. Hardcore’s attorney Jeffrey Douglas...

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Fourth Annual XBiz Awards are set to shine on November 17, 2005 at the Key Club on Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California.“This is going to be the night that sets the precedent for all events to follow,” Bonnie Moss, events marketing director assures industry...

CALIFORNIA – Mandingo, Dexter Dizzle, Janine – and not a condom to be found. That’s just a hint at what awaits viewers of the soon-to-be released Digital Playground feature Mrs. Behavin’, which will star Janine in her first interracial, condom-less sex scene. All this and...