By Peter Berton SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – San Franciscans awakened by the noisy 5:30 a.m. start of the 10th annual Nike Women’s Marathon got more customer “service” than they bargained for when they called Nike to complain. Instead of a Nike rep advising “Just Do It,” the groggy...

PHOENIX – KaiJack LLC, the parent company of affiliate program KJCash, has signed a deal under which KJCash will take over operation of Amsterdam-based TwinkPay, a gay adult affiliate program specializing in the Asian niche. The management changeover is set to be completed Dec....

By Peter Berton CYBERSPACE – As more consumers move to the mobile sphere every day, there no longer remains any doubt that mobile apps can increase revenues for everyone along the adult entertainment supply chain.

WASHINGTON – More than one in 10 Americans have used an online dating site or mobile dating app, and 66 percent of those people subsequently dated someone they met through the site or app. As a result, 23 percent found their spouse or long-term partner. The statistics are among a...

WINNETKA, Calif. – It’s difficult to consider perky, blonde Payton Leigh a MILF, but in adult industry terms, that’s exactly what she is. At 37, Leigh is old enough to know what she wants, yet young enough to exude a “fresh” appeal. Leigh’s personality — and innate sensuality —...

By Peter Berton LOS ANGELES – First things first: Allison Moore is not a Kardashian, but she does play one of the drama magnets on film. Moore portrays Khloe Kardashian in Risque Films’ Keeping Up with Kiara Mia, a XXX parody of E! network’s reality TV series Keeping Up with the...

By Peter Berton MONTREAL – Canadian gay adult brand Priape closed its four brick-and-mortar stores Oct. 21 following a government crackdown on the sale of products containing alkyl nitrites. Alkyl nitrites, typically marketed as leather cleaners in adult shops, are better known...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Same-sex marriage may still be a battleground in much of the U.S., but the gay union between studio Raging Stallion and affiliate program Buddy Profits is still going strong, the companies said Wednesday. One year ago, the partners re-designed and...

LOS ANGELES – Homegrown Video is returning to its roots as a clearinghouse for honest-to-goodness homemade porn made by honest-to-goodness amateurs. Somewhere in the middle of its 30-year odyssey, Homegrown moved more heavily into producing so-called pro-am content — adult...

LOS ANGELES – Software developer Elevated X has modernized the video player that is among the standard equipment within the company’s eponymous content management system for adult websites. Following the recent addition of support for HTTP Live Streaming, Elevated X implemented a...