LONDON — OnlyFans’ financial records for the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 2023 were disclosed Thursday as part of a regulatory filing in the U.K., including the estimation that they paid a mean average of nearly $1,300 per creator during that year.

That average number was first noted by entertainment industry trade Variety in a correction to an article about OnlyFans’ continuing success, one of several in mainstream publications.

The Variety story focused on the impressive overall numbers, with OnlyFans reporting “record revenue and profits for its 2023 fiscal year — as the number of creators increased 29%, to 4.12 million. Gross payments made through the OnlyFans platform increased by 19% for the year ended Nov. 30, 2023, jumping from $5.55 billion in 2022 to $6.63 billion last year,” according to the U.K. filing by OF parent company Fenix International.

The figures, Variety clarified, “represent payments made by OnlyFans users net of applicable sales taxes, refunds and deferred income.”

Based on those figures, Variety reported that OnlyFans creators “earned total payouts of $5.32 billion for the most recent fiscal year, a mean average of nearly $1,300 per creator and a year-over-year increase of 19%.”

The filing also obliquely addressed OnlyFans’ status regarding adult content creators.

“OnlyFans’ mission is to empower content creators to own their full potential by building the safest social media platform and providing unparalleled opportunities to our user community,” the filing stated. “The media content on OnlyFans.com can only be shared or accessed by registered users who are over 18 years old and who have successfully completed the Creator or Fan onboarding process.”

OnlyFans “continues to garner significant media attention due to its novel business model, inclusive content policy and the success of many Creators,” Fenix International wrote, pledging to “continue to develop its public and government relations strategy to address misconceptions regarding the Group as reported in the media.”

WASHINGTON — Time magazine published on Monday a profile of Ethical Capital Partners (ECP)’s VP of Compliance Solomon Friedman.

The profile — penned by Australian journalist Belinda Luscombe, author of a book on “marriageology” — offers fragments of an interview with Friedman alongside a narrative of the transition between MindGeek and Aylo and issues concerning their platform Pornhub, all contextualized with passages making broad, negative generalizations about the adult industry.

Luscombe begins her profile by comparing the ECP purchase of MindGeek — later renamed Aylo — in early 2023 with a completely unrelated terrorism case Friedman worked on as a criminal defense attorney.

ECP, Luscombe declared, approached the MindGeek purchase “with the same doggedness that Friedman brought to his defense of the terrorist.”

The thesis of Luscombe’s article is that there is something nefarious in that way that Aylo is “abiding by every letter of the law that it can, proclaiming how law-abiding it’s trying to be — and using every legal means to get its way,” in other word, running a lawful business.

 Luscombe’s “man-bites-dog” hook, visible right from the headline, is that Friedman is “helped in this morally incongruous endeavor by the fact that he’s an ordained rabbi.”

Among sweeping statements and dubious generalizations Luscombe marshalls in support of her thesis is that “ research on porn-watching is unreliable because it’s based on self-reports;” that “research is inconclusive on whether obsessive porn use can be considered a behavioral addiction, a compulsion, or a symptom of another underlying disorder, but one study found that more than 10% of American men and 3% of women believe they might be addicted;” a quote by an NYC divorce lawyer she knows claiming that “porn has infiltrated marriages and exacerbated a problem and led to the destruction of many marriages;” the implication that “the problems that have bedeviled Pornhub, and online adult content in general, are bugs in the system or inherent to the product;” whether there is something suspicious in Friedman — a business person — attempting to run his business in ways that “could make him very wealthy;” quoting as an authority comedian Amy Poehler joking that “almost nobody actually plans to go into porn;” asserting that “Pornhub has ruined many lives;” among several other similarly biased concepts.

Luscombe also interviewed and quotes Laila Mickelwait, only identifying her as “the founder and CEO of the Justice Defense Fund and founder of the Traffickinghub movement, dedicated to closing down Pornhub,” and neglecting to mention her central role as Exodus Cry’s former “Director of Abolition” in the massive, orchestrated religious conservative campaign to eradicate all adult content on the internet. 

Luscombe then concludes her article openly questioning “whether porn can truly ever be ethical.”

RALEIGH, N.C. — Mistress Kora Bell has launched a new site, mistresskorabell.com.

“September marks my first anniversary working full-time in the adult industry, and I’m not going to lie — it hasn’t been easy,” Bell said. “Last September I got fired from my job as a Flight Nurse when the company found out about my OnlyFans side hustle. After 20 years in healthcare, with a Bachelor of Science and Masters in Public Health, I decided to take back control and change careers.

“I am excited to finally reach the point where I can launch my own site,” Bell added. “It’s thrilling and empowering to have my own platform, where you can get a glimpse into my world and get to know me as a person.”

For more information, visit Bell’s site; follow her on X.com.

LOS ANGELES — Tiffany Madison is the latest guest on the “Your Worst Friend: Going Deeper” podcast, with hosts Shane and Matt.

In the episode, Madison discusses her experiences, what drives her and the industry’s impact on her life.

“Tiffani Madison represents what I love about this industry: women setting goals and achieving them but never being satisfied,” said Matt. “Her goal in life, from a young age, was to get into Playboy. She worked hard and got into Playboy; whereas most people would be thrilled with their life goal being achieved, Tiffani set a new one: Penthouse. If the rest of the society had the same drive as adult stars, I’d be typing this from a flying car.”

Stream the episode on YouTube. 

Follow Tiffani Madison on X.com.

CERRITOS, Calif. — Sportsheets has released its latest training video, titled “Pivot Support at Every Angle,” the second in a series hosted by Brand Ambassador Rin Musick.

The series “is designed to provide in-depth training and insights into Sportsheets’ diverse range of BDSM gear and accessories, this time with a special focus on the latest additions to the Pivot Support Collection,” said a rep.

The videos are aimed at both retailers and consumers.

“I’m so excited to show off the newest, most novel products to bear the Pivot name so far,” said Musick. “Our positioning support products help free your mind from concerns about comfort and ability so you can focus totally on pleasure.”

The video is streaming on YouTube.

For more information, visit Sportsheets.com.

LINCOLN, Neb. — Performer Jay Hefner was reportedly killed this weekend in Lincoln, according to industry friends and associates.

A fundraiser set up by Hefner’s family says that he was killed “due to a senseless act of gun violence while trying to protect his cousin from physical violence in Lincoln” while visiting his family for a birthday celebration.

There has been an outpouring of condolences on social media from industry colleagues regarding the up-and-coming performer.

This report will be updated as more information becomes available.