http://www.xbiz.com/xml/blogs/stephen.xml XBIZ - Adult Entertainment Industry News & Business Information 60 en-us Copyright 1996-2012 Adnet Media. All Rights Reserved. XBiz is a registered trademark of Adnet Media Group, Inc. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:29:17 -0800 editors@xbiz.com (Stephen Yagielowicz | stephen) http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#143396 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#143396 New Years are about looking forward and hoping for the best — but some of the most recent new years have been anything but good for the online adult entertainment industry. That situation, howe... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#141541 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#141541 According to Wikipedia, the slang term “old school” can refer to anything that is from an earlier era, although it generally implies a vintage of at least 15-20 years. “Depending on... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#139934 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#139934 The rapid evolution of the adult Internet reached another milestone recently with the re-launch of one of the genre’s prime keyword domains, which brings me to “officially” agree wit... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#138538 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#138538 With traffic levels down for many adult websites, it may be easy to think that people aren’t going online anymore, but nothing could be further from the truth: as more folks spend more time on t... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#137426 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#137426 For e-commerce website operators, consumer preferences, technology and economics combine to create a challenging playing field — but an arena which still has competitive advantages over many of ... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#136145 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#136145 Is your "customer service" costing you customers? Don't be too certain of your answer, especially if all you're basing that answer on is "sure, we have a customer service department," or "our billing... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#135360 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#135360 As the dollar dynamic between media publishers and consumers continues to evolve, one intriguing strategic move comes from the U.S.-based Public Television System (PBS); which despite its historic sta... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#133681 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#133681 They say that time is the one commodity that you can’t buy. While having employees may allow you to “buy time,” or at least to better leverage the time you have, time is one thing th... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#132668 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#132668 I previously detailed the recent efforts by Morality In Media (MIM) to persuade Congress to pressure Justice into pursuing pornographers — an effort in which MIM is now claiming success, followi... http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#131997 http://www.xbiz.com/blogs/blog.php?b=stephen#131997 It’s only been a few short days now since ICANN’s historic .XXX-enabling vote — long enough for the reality of this game changer to sink in, and long enough for operators to choose h...