LOS ANGELES — Viva Athena launched a new dick pic rating website, DickSubmission.
The website offers what a rep calls “brutally honest dick ratings” in the form of PDF report cards, audio and video ratings.
The site also allows sign-ups for “Dick Raters,” who get paid 60 percent of sales generated by viewing dick pics and providing honest opinions and feedback.
Submitters can upload dick pictures by signing up here.
Raters can sign up here.
LOS ANGELES — OEJ Novelty (Our Erotic Journey) is offering three limited-time sales from its Sublime and Curious collections.
The first item, Hunny Bunny, is from the Sublime Collection and colored lilac purple/hot pink. It is also made from soft medical-grade waterproof silicone and features rounded dual-vibrating tips, three speeds and seven pulsating settings.
Wild at Heart is the second item and is also from Sublime Collection. Available in hot pink, it is made for traveling and is comprised of soft body-safe silicone that’s water resistant. Wild at Heart offers three speeds and seven pulsating settings.
The last new item is the Enchantress. It is part of the Curious collection and is available in a deep purple. It comes with three speeds and seven pulsating settings.
“As usual, OEJ Novelty/Our Erotic Journey provides high-quality adult novelties that are available right now for a limited-time sale,” a rep said, “and these cute, playful novelties are perfect gifts for boys to buy to capture a girl’s heart. Don’t miss out and get yours now.”
Visit OEJ Novelty online and on Twitter.
AUSTIN — The MON App, a social audio app for conversation and education centered on sex and sexuality, has launched an Android version.
The new version also includes several new features, such as podcast creator tools, live comments, and the MON media library.
“We wanted to provide a place to store original and premium content on the app for the community to explore,” said MON founder Caleb Jones. “It was important we populated the library with content from our community to support their growth.”
The content creator tools, or “room replays,” allow users to turn their time spent on the app into podcasts.
“With so many members creating quality content on the app, we knew the next step would be to provide features to capture that content so that members can build an archive — or podcast — from that content,” Jones continued. “With the launch of room replays, members can create dynamic podcast content or erotic audio directly on the app and host it in the media library.”
The live comments feature allows those listening to participate in discussions even if they’re in a place where they’re not able to openly speak.
“We know the power that comes from using your voice, but we also understand that providing more opportunity for engagement and expression is vital to building an open and accessible community,” said Jones.
MON has also introduced a new programming series on the Android app, which includes Mistress K’s “Toy Box Tease”, Dr. Ley David Elliette, Ph.D.’s “Buddhism and BDSM”, and Mehgan Sapphire’s “Horny for Horror,” among others.
For more information, visit the MON App online. Click here to download the new Android version.
LOS ANGELES — Chantal Danielle has been crowned Cherry Pimps’ “Cherry of the Month” for October and will enjoy a monthlong spotlight.
“October is a favorite month for many of us here at Cherry Pimps because it’s an opportunity to do something fun,” said a rep. “Chantal Danielle was exactly who we envisioned representing us for October and she has been our favorite version of Harley Quinn that we have seen yet. She was such a blast on set and is incredibly sexy. We are so honored to feature her as our ‘Cherry of the Month.'”
Each month, Cherry Pimps selects a model who receives a $500 cash prize plus an exclusive photo and video shoot. At the end of the year, each model also contends for “Cherry of the Year,” which includes another cash prize and further promotion for the winner.
The previous “Cherries” of 2022 have been Joanna Angel (January), Lilly Bell (February), Xxlayna Marie (March), Savannah Bond (April), Kenzie Anne (May), Liz Jordan (June), Hazel Grace (July), Avery Black (August) and Skye Blue (September).
“I’m so excited about being named ‘Cherry of the Month,'” Danielle said. “I loved getting the opportunity to bring my creative ideas to life. Alex Jones made the perfect joker to my Harley Quinn and I’m happy I got to recreate that fantasy.”
Find her exclusive “COTM” spotlight here.
Follow Chantal Danielle and Cherry Pimps on Twitter.
LOS ANGELES — ASACP has named Streamate, DialXS and Fleshlight as its featured sponsors for October.
ASACP’s Executive Director Tim Henning shared that its sponsors rank among the industry’s most respected companies and exemplify corporate responsibility, ethical business practices, and simple technical measures can help protect minors and other sensitive users from accidental exposure to age-restricted materials online.
“By working together toward the common goal of protecting children and vulnerable groups, industry leaders and other stakeholders can improve the enjoyment and safety of internet surfing for everyone,” Henning said. “ASACP’s diverse family of sponsors reflects the wide range of companies that support our efforts to preserve freedom of choice for adults while protecting the innocence of youth.”
Streamate
With decades of experience providing live streaming and adult-themed photos and videos to its members, advanced technology runs through the virtual veins of Streamate.com. Built into its DNA is a profound desire to make great products through superior engineering. Streamate focuses on adding value to its offerings and satisfying customers, content partners, and affiliates while being sensitive to the need to protect youth’s innocence.
“As a long-standing member of ASACP, we are honored to continue supporting the organization. ASACP works tirelessly to defend the industry and its commitment to protecting children and the fight against exploitation,” Streamate’s Director of Marketing Liz R. said. “There has never been a more critical time for the industry to rise in unified support of organizations such as ASACP.”
DialXS
An ASACP Title Sponsor, DialXS is a primary international payment services provider that has operated since 2000 and is also the association’s exclusive Travel Sponsor. Next to processing credit card transactions, the company also offers a wide range of local and trusted payment methods in most European nations, which is a proven way to boost conversions for their international operating merchants.
“In many European countries, people do not like to give their credit card details to an unknown merchant. Instead, they would rather pay using their already trusted ways to pay online,” DialXS CEO Chris Visser stated. “To optimize conversions, you need to provide the customer a preferred payment method in all targeted countries, and with many of our payment methods, there are no options for customers to do an unjustified chargeback.”
Like many companies, DialXS has noted significant market changes in the face of the coronavirus pandemic — changes that have benefited many brands in the adult space but have hurt ASACP’s outreach efforts.
“DialXS takes online child protection extremely seriously, and so we are pleased to provide ASACP with the support it deserves and to help enable its presence at international trade events,” DialXS CEO Chris Visser stated. “The pandemic poses a wide range of challenges, including barriers to travel that make it hard for the association to reach stakeholders, but together, we can make a difference for the children of the world.”
Fleshlight
An ASACP Corporate Sponsor since 2007, Fleshlight and its parent, Interactive Life Forms, is an established leader in sexual health and fulfillment. It serves as a positive example for other adult novelty companies to follow. At the forefront of the development of haptic devices, Fleshlight bridges traditional novelties with the newest technology to bolster connections between people around the world.
According to the company, in an era where vibrators are an acceptable means for female sexual freedom and enjoyment, male sex products have remained a dirty, unwanted cousin to their female counterparts. By providing high-quality, discreet, and tasteful products, the company hopes to help change these perceptions and to bring the topic of male sexuality into the public discourse — while focusing on providing adult novelties to adults only.
“ASACP is grateful to Streamate, DialXS, and Fleshlight for their commitment, generosity, and leadership in supporting the association and its mission to keep children out of and away from adult-oriented content,” Henning said.
“ASACP’s sponsors are united in building a better future for the industry and society’s most vulnerable members. We thank them for this and encourage others to join this noble crusade,” he concluded.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Aliya Brynn stars in a new scene from Porn Pros, “Sexual Splits,” opposite Kyle Mason.
In the scene, Brynn “demonstrates her incredible flexibility while satisfying the hung stud’s thick prick,” said a rep. “The nubile sex goddess milks Kyle for his load, taking every last drop on her face and in her open mouth.”
Brynn enthused about her co-star.
“I loved working with Kyle,” she said. “Don’t miss our new scene, it’s amazing.”
Click here to watch “Sexual Splits.”
In related news, Brynn was named All Adult Network’s Girl of the Week this week. The publication posted an article about the performer.
“A true California girl, this breathtaking blonde continues to show why she will become a major name in the industry,” writes All Adult Network’s Art Koch.
To read the full article, click here.
Follow Brynn on Twitter.
LOS ANGELES — XBIZ is pleased to announce that the pre-nomination period for the 2023 XBIZ Exec Awards begins Saturday and runs through October 15.
Qualified industry members may submit entries via XBIZ.net.
The annual XBIZ Exec Awards honor the best of the best from the adult business community, recognizing outstanding creativity and leadership, and celebrating exceptional career achievement across a wide variety of prominent industry roles. Symbolizing the pinnacle of professional achievement, the XBIZ Exec Awards trophy is the most prestigious career honor in the adult industry.
Held in conjunction with XBIZ’s January events series, the Online Industry edition of the XBIZ Exec Awards is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, Jan. 11, while the Retail edition will be held on Saturday, Jan. 14.
To enhance inclusivity, several category changes have been introduced with the 2023 editions.
The marquee categories Businesswoman of the Year and Businessman of the Year have been combined into the all-inclusive Businessperson of the Year.
Additionally, two new Online Industry categories will recognize content creators who are increasingly taking on business roles: Creator Brand Ambassador of the Year and Creator Businessperson of the Year.
Stay tuned to XBIZ.com for upcoming event announcements.
LONDON — Tommy Pistol stars in “On the Edge,” a new film by Canadian cult horror auteurs the Soska Sisters, who today announced the film’s Oct. 29 world premiere during London’s FrightFest Halloween festival.
Canadian filmmakers Jen and Sylvia Soska “have a long history with FrightFest,” wrote the Hollywood News’ Kat Hughes, announcing the festival lineup today. “They first appeared at the festival with ‘American Mary’ in 2012. 2019 saw them return with their re-envisioning of David Cronenberg’s classic, ‘Rabid.’ Now, 10 years after their FrightFest debut, the Soska Sisters will return for a third appearance. The two will be in attendance at the annual Halloween event with their latest project, ‘On the Edge.’”
Hughes reported that “On the Edge” also marks the Soska Sisters’ return to acting. “The pair will play the two women in the life of one man, Peter (Tommy Pistol, billed with his mainstream performing name ‘Aramis Sartorio’). ‘On the Edge’ joins Peter as he books into a thirty-six hour session with dominatrix (Jen Soska) Mistress Santana, a woman who may or may not be the actual devil. A departure from the medical horror upon which they have built their FrightFest names, ‘On the Edge’ might be their boldest project yet.”
The festival synopsis of the plot reads: “Family man Peter gets more than he paid for when he books a 36-hour session with the sadistic Mistress Satana who seems more intent on making him suffer for his sins. Is it blackmail? Is it torture? Or is it the Devil come for his soul? Will Peter’s faith save him from his own personal Hell or is he already damned? A brilliant depiction of how Kink Culture can heal past trauma and be a source for shocking redemption.”
FrightFest Halloween runs all day Oct. 29 at Cineworld Leicester Square, London. “On the Edge” plays at 8:15 p.m. GMT.
NEW YORK — The CEO of Automattic, the company that owns Tumblr, said it is impossible for the internet to be “porn-friendly” currently because, among other reasons, “credit card companies are anti-porn.”
Matt Mullenweg discussed the current status of adult content in a blog post on Wednesday. The statements were first reported by computer news publication PCMag.
Automattic — also the owner of popular blogging CMS WordPress — acquired a failing Tumblr from Verizon in 2019, after the platform’s numbers crumbled following its deletion of all adult content.
“The casually porn-friendly era of the early internet is currently impossible,” Mullenweg wrote, unequivocally adding his assessment that “credit card companies are anti-porn.”
As XBIZ reported, and seemingly despite Mullenweg’s pessimistic assessment, Tumblr announced last week that it had introduced a new feature enabling users to label posts as featuring “sexual themes,” defined as content which “contains sexually suggestive subject matter, such as erotic writing or imagery.”
The news was shared via a post on Tumblr’s staff blog and first flagged by tech news site Mashable.
Mullenweg’s post, “Why ‘Go Nuts, Show Nuts’ Doesn’t Work in 2022,” explains that “in 2018, when Tumblr was owned by Verizon,” the company “instituted an adult content ban that took out not only porn but also a ton of art and artists — including a ban on what must have been fun for a lawyer to write, female presenting nipples. This policy is currently still in place, though the Tumblr and Automattic teams are working to make it more open and common-sense, and the community labels launch is a first step toward that.”
The CEO described himself as “personally extremely libertarian in terms of what consenting adults should be able to share, and I agree with ‘go nuts, show nuts’ in principle,” but expressed his view that “no modern internet service in 2022 can have the rules that Tumblr did in 2007.”
Tumblr CEO Spells Out the State of Corporate Censorship in 2022
Here is Mullenweg’s summary of the current situation for adult content on mainstream platforms:
– Credit card companies are anti-porn. You’ve probably heard how Pornhub can’t accept credit cards anymore. Or seen the new rules from Mastercard. Whatever crypto-utopia might come in the coming decades, today if you are blocked from banks, credit card processing, and financial services, you’re blocked from the modern economy. The vast majority of Automattic’s revenue comes from people buying our services and auto-renewing on credit cards, including the ads-free browsing upgrade that Tumblr recently launched. If we lost the ability to process credit cards, it wouldn’t just threaten Tumblr, but also the 2,000+ people in 97 countries that work at Automattic across all our products.
– App stores, particularly Apple’s, are anti-porn. Tumblr started in 2007, the same year the iPhone was released. Originally, the iPhone didn’t have an App Store, and the speed of connectivity and quality of the screen meant that people didn’t use their smartphone very much and mostly interacted with Tumblr on the web, using desktop and laptop computers (really). Today 40% of our signups and 85% of our page views come from people on mobile apps, not on the web. Apple has its own rules for what’s allowed in their App Store, and the interpretation of those rules can vary depending on who is reviewing your app on any given day. Previous decisions on what’s allowed can be reversed any time you submit an app update, which we do several times a month. If Apple permanently banned Tumblr from the App Store, we’d probably have to shut the service down. If you want apps to allow more adult content, please lobby Apple. No one in the App Store has any effective power, even multi-hundred-billion companies like Facebook/Meta can be devastated when Apple changes its policies.
Aside: Why do Twitter and Reddit get away with tons of super hardcore content? Ask Apple, because I don’t know. My guess is that Twitter and Reddit are too big for Apple to block so they decided to make an example out of Tumblr, which has “only” 102 million monthly visitors. Maybe Twitter gets blocked by Apple sometimes too but can’t talk about it because they’re a public company and it would scare investors.
– There are lots of new rules around verifying consent and age in adult content. The rise of smartphones also means that everyone has a camera that can capture pictures and video at any time. Non-consensual sharing has grown exponentially and has been a huge problem on dedicated porn sites like Pornhub – and governments have rightly been expanding laws and regulations to make sure everyone being shown in online adult content is of legal age and has consented to the material being shared. Tumblr has no way to go back and identify the featured persons or the legality of every piece of adult content that was shared on the platform and taken down in 2018, nor does it have the resources or expertise to do that for new uploads.
– Porn requires different service providers up and down the stack. In addition to a company primarily serving adult content not having access to normal financial services and being blocked by app stores, they also need specialized service providers – for example, for their bandwidth and network connections. Most traditional investors won’t fund primarily adult businesses, and may not even be allowed to by their LP agreements. (When Starbucks started selling alcohol at select stores, some investors were forced to sell their stock.)
Mullenweg concluded by prophesying that any platform attempting to be open about adult content “will have an uphill battle under current regimes,” and urged users who disagree to “please try to change the regimes” rather than “attack companies following legal and business realities as they exist.”
POMPANO BEACH, — M.D. Science Lab, makers of the iconic Swiss Navy brand, has released a new “Brand Image Assets Lookbook” created for its retail partners.
“It seemed fitting to start the year with New York Fashion Week and to also celebrate the last fashion week of the year, Paris Fashion Week,” said M.D. Science Lab’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing Briana Watkins, ACS, M.D. “We are constantly looking for ways to better serve our retail partners.”
Watkins added that “being able to provide them with intentional images in various sizes will help make their lives easier and eliminate tasks that may disrupt their valuable time. Plus, our visual images are created to help drive their sales.”
Swiss Navy has a history of participating in Fashion Week events and was an official sponsor of this year’s New York Fashion Week x Runway 7 fashion show in February.
The “Lookbook,” a rep shared, “contains a variety of images designed to build consumer awareness, increase sales, create customer loyalty and give retailers a competitive edge in the marketplace. New lookbooks will be introduced quarterly, and assets are available for download and can be created in a variety of sizes depending on retailer needs.”
Cheryl Flangel, M.D. Science Lab’s senior sales executive, noted that store owners are already using the “Lookbook” images in their stores and on their websites. “We’re thankful that we’re able to help retailers with fresh brand assets to strengthen their relationships with their own customers and are looking forward to hearing more positive feedback from others,” she said.
Swiss Navy’s first quarterly “Lookbook” is now available to retailers on the company’s B2B website.
For more information, visit SwissNavy.com.