These photos are from day two of the adult industry trade event, XBIZ 360, which is being held at the Sofitel Hotel in Hollywood, CA. XBIZ 360 is a new concept for XBIZ in which they are combining six trade shows into one; with day one consisting primarily of the Adult Retail Conference and the Pleasure Products Conference and day two being the Film/Content Conference and the Digital Media Conference.

The Film/Content side of the conference had panel discussions of topics including Top-Selling Genres in Adult Entertainment Today and Adult Entertainment Delivered: The New Spectrum of Distribution; while the Digital Media Conference included Speed Networking and a very entertaining discussion by Brad Gosse on Selling Adult Entertainment in Today’s ‘Free’ Economy. If you ever have an opportunity to hear Brad talk, take advantage of it. He has a “no punches pulled” style that is just as informative as it is entertaining. There were two keynote speeches given, one by XBIZ founder and CEO, Alec Helmy for the Digital Media side; and John Stagliano for the film/content side. As I have been involved with Helmy Enterprises almost from the beginning of my time with the adult industry, I found it interesting to hear his perspective and thoughts of the future for adult. The day ended for me with the Mix & Meet Market. (more…)

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Wednesday evening, Cybersocket held their 13th Annual Cybersocket Web Awards at The Factory Nightclub in West Hollywood, CA. The Cybersocket Web Awards is the only event of its kind honoring the best gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transsexual (GLBT) websites. There are categories for both industry recognition as well as the surfer’s (aka people’s) choices. Industry categories would include Best Web Host and Best Webmaster Resource; while the surfer’s categories included Best Ethnic-Themed Site and Best Novelties Site.

The Factory was packed and it seemed it was primarily surfers, eager to catch a glimpse of their favorite gay porn star. There was plenty to keep them entertained throughout the evening. These photos are sponsored by the only search engine that only searches .XXX websites; search.xxx. (more…)

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These photos are from day one of the adult industry trade show, XBIZ 360, held at the Sofitel Hotel in Hollywood. XBIZ is doing something a little different this year. Last year they had XBIZ LA for the Internet webmasters at the Sofitel, then had their retail and media shows at a different location. This year they are having six events, with five of them being held at the Sofitel with the sixth event being the XBIZ Awards which will be Friday at the Century Plaza Hotel.

Today they had the Adult Retail Conference and the Pleasure Products Conference; with the topics ranging from Selling Sex Products Online to The Future of Pleasure Products. They had six panels in all and two keynote speakers for each conference; Ethan Imboden of Jimmyjane for the Pleasure Products Conference and Phyllis Heppenstall of Peekay for the Retail Conference. I have to say, there were some very interesting conversations. (more…)

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