http://www.xbiz.com/xml/blogs/colin.xml XBIZ - Adult Entertainment Industry News & Business Information 60 en-us Copyright 1996-2013 Adnet Media. All Rights Reserved. XBiz is a registered trademark of Adnet Media Group, Inc. Thu, 23 May 2013 04:13:15 -0700 editors@xbiz.com (Colin Rowntree | colin) http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#147447 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#147447 I've been in this biz since 1994 and thought I had seen it all. But, what happened over the past month set even me back on my heels as to the power of working with the mainstream media for traffic and... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#142961 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#142961 And, once again, we all head to XBizLA and whatever other shows that we need to attend in the New Year!  We all love going to see our B2B partners and affiliates.  To meet new-comers and re... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#138490 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#138490 It's been a while since I posted to this "Unsung Heros" column at XBiz.At times, looking for someone to feature here, I feel like Diogenes, searching the hills of Rome for the last honest man.But, her... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#133971 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#133971 Okay, so this one is not really "unsung" as Joanna is possibly one of the best exposed adult entertainers in the biz right now. But, this is a "hats off" for her crew and partners that make this magi... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#133107 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#133107 Unsung Hero (noun): a person who makes a substantive yet often unrecognized contribution; a person whose bravery is unknown or unacknowledged. This, the first part of an ongoing series for my XBiz Bl... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#132532 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#132532 Hunter Thompson was not there, but the Dot-XXX session was every bit as macabre as anything he could have penned! Like a pinball machine that alternated between vitriolic, dark humor, politicians caug... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#130369 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#130369 Just a few musings about this upcoming event. The XBiz Awards, now going on for 10 years, started out as an informal, ad hoc event that was always a good party, but was a bit of the "red headed ste... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#129925 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#129925 Okay, that was a strange headline, but here you are! Colin here, doing a little historic tour of adult industry trade shows from beginning to end, and why we keep going to these events. One of m... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#123987 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#123987 I had the pleasure to participate in a satire film project written by adult entertainment industry writer and pundit, Darklady recently which has culminated in a short film about the Dot-XXX story fro... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#123247 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=colin#123247 Like a bad penny that always turns up, ICM and Stuart Lawley have once again returned to the adult space, this time proclaiming they have won the battle and dot-xxx is no longer a proposal, but a real...