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On the Set: Jacky St. James Masters BDSM Evolution in ‘Emma Marx IV’

On a very sunny Friday in spring, amidst the picturesque — and wealthy! — hills o’ Calabasas, the stage was set for writer/director Jacky St. James’ fourth installment of the XBIZ Award-winning BDSM series, “The Submission of Emma Marx,” aptly titled “Evolved.”

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Q&A: Kelly Madison Discusses Road to Success

Award-winning veteran performer Kelly Madison and her husband Ryan have created a lucrative boutique studio with Kelly Madison Media, combining years of performing experience with stylized productions and savvy marketing. The endlessly innovative entrepreneurs have stayed fresh by adapting to consumers’ rapidly evolving desires, while cultivating their own unmistakable filmic brand of sexuality.

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New Reality: Retailers, Distributors Say DVD Sales Down, Not Out

Death, not the most cheery of topics, is not so much an ‘if’ as a ‘when’ upon this mortal sphere. None of us can avoid the Grim Reaper when he comes knocking. And none of us knows when he’ll come knocking.

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FSC Awards Ceremony Honors Innovators, Leaders

The Free Speech Coalition honored an accomplished group of adult industry innovators and leaders on Wednesday evening at the 2014 FSC Awards cocktail reception at the W Hotel in conjunction with the XBIZ 360 events series.

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Jordan's Hardcore Rules for Success

Unbelievable beginnings. Amazing outcomes. Incredible incomes! Indeed, who would ever think that Jules Jordan — one of the premiere gonzo directors in the adult movie industry and one of the most successful businessmen of porn -was, only 12ears ago, sleeping on a floor somewhere in the San Fernando Valley with only $2,000 (that’s it!) to his name [Ed. Note: Jules Jordan Studios was this year’s winner of the XBIZ Award for Studio of the Year].

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In the Executive Seat: Jon Blitt

Jon Blitt may be vice president of Mile High Media, a family-run business based in Montreal, yet he didn't get that position the easy way. Quite the contrary.

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The Emperor Strikes Back

In last month’s issue of XBIZ Premiere, we presented part one of our exclusive interview with Evil Angel founder, gonzo pioneer and entrepreneur extraordinaire John Stagliano.

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John Stagliano, the Evil Angel Emperor

It’s all about honesty with John Stagliano. The founder/owner/all-around head honcho of Evil Angel is not only committed to delivering transparent, in-yourface, no-holds-barred adult movies, but also is similarly committed to being absolutely honest in all of his business dealings with the directors who work under the Evil Angel umbrella, as well as with those who buy the company’s products, from retailers right down to the end consumer.

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O'Connell: Girlfriends' 1-Man Show

Dan O’Connell is one busy guy — and that’s a big understatement. Aside from writing and directing all of the girl-girl movies coming out on Girlfriends Films, the company he owns, O’Connell also helps run the day-to-day operations of his popular production house. Yes, he breaks his back to put out the best girl-girl adult movies in the industry. But he does receive plenty of help from the other 12 employees at Girlfriends Films.

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The Rennaissance Will Be Televised

The owner of Black Market, James Melendy, has a theory about the popularity of interracial porn. “The bigger the dick, the smaller the white girl, the better,” he said. “It’s always been taboo, and it’s always going to be a big seller.”

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Dreaming of a Blue Xmas

Let’s face it; Christmas couldn’t be a lousier time of year for the nation’s economy to bottom out. Then again, is there ever a good time for a recession? Yet it’s exactly because of the economic downslide that Christmas spending is expected to be down by almost 50 percent from what it was in 2007, according to the 23rd annual survey on holiday spending from the American Research Group Inc. Per the same random survey, mall traffic will see a definite drop, with 33.9 percent going less to enclosed malls.

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Taylor Made for Porn

Since 1993, New Sensations — situated in a nondescript, modern two-story building in Porn Valley, Calif. — has set out to change the adult industry for the better. Along with its sister entity, Digital Sin, New Sensations has produced some of the hottest gonzo lines on the market, covering such in-demand niches as newbies (“Naughty College School Girls,” “Fresh Outta High School”), MILFs (“Cheating Housewives Tales”), squirting (“She Squirts”), girl/girl (“Lesbian Provocateur”), two-on-one (“Double Play”), POV (“School Girl POV”) and interactive (the “My Plaything” series, currently highlighted by the release of the three-DVD “My Plaything Ashlynn Brooke”), to name but a few genres.

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