By Peter Berton MONTREAL – The second-annual Merry Wankmas will take place this year from 9 p.m. Dec. 7 until 3 a.m. Dec. 8.

BINGHAM FARMS, Mich. – An adult advertising network aims to revolutionize the traffic procurement side of online marketing with a new tool that helps ad buyers understand their customers better while improving the performance and profitability of every ad in the network. Traffic...

DENVER – A relatively new online community hopes to give open-minded adults more of what they seek by integrating multiple ways to “explore kinky relationships as a healthy aspect of internet dating in modern society.” Chief Executive Officer Cory Irish said NautiNinja.com seeks...

LOS ANGELES – A striking decline in the number of adult film permits issued in Los Angeles County during 2013 may be hitting the county where it can least afford the injury: in the pocketbook. Based on figures gleaned from county records, adult industry trade association Free...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – RealTouch, an award-winning, computer-assisted masturbator for men, will disappear from the market Jan. 1, patent holder and distributor AEBN announced Friday. “Please be informed that we will no longer be able to sell RealTouch devices as of Jan. 1, 2014,” a...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Nominees in fan-determined AVN Awards categories have been announced and voting has opened for the 2014 cycle. “Selecting our Fan Vote nominees is a fun challenge,” said AVN Chief Executive Officer Theo Sapoutzis. “The performers in our industry have really...

By Peter Berton BURBANK, Calif. – Nominees for the sixth-annual Tranny Awards were announced earlier this week, and transsexual adult performers and their fans already are gearing up for the awards show, set to take place Feb. 16 at Beyond the Stars Palace in Glandale, Calif.

VAN NUYS, Calif. – Sex-obsessed blog Fleshbot has re-launched following a stem-to-stern makeover. After a design overhaul by TopBucks Media Services, the site offers a clean, easy-to-navigate layout focusing on images that leave no doubt where the folks behind the blog stand on...

LOS ANGELES – “For a vampire, a walk on the wild side is merely an excuse to explore past educations in the arts of extreme debauchery,” according to John Stagliano, whose award-winning vampire-themed adult series Voracious just released its second season’s second episode. How...

By Peter Berton AUSTIN, Texas – Hollywood portrays sexual surrogate partners — trained professionals who provide sexual services to others for therapeutic and educational reasons — as sinners or saints, but rarely as therapists. Real life is different: Surrogate partners can play...