MIAMI — The Hollywood Reporter extensively covers this year's XBIZ Miami conference in an article on premium fan platforms in the magazine's latest issue.
"Game of Porn: The Battle to Topple OnlyFans," by former XBIZ scribe Gustavo Turner, takes in the scope of the event.
"The sign blocking access is clear: 'The pool is closed for a private event,'" Turner writes. "Look past the sign and you, a curious civilian — that is, someone who is not part of the adult industry — trying to get a peek inside the well-guarded Miami Beach hotel, would see some of the most desired bodies online on OnlyFans and other top premium fan platforms, here very much IRL taking selfie videos, arranging content collabs (both NSFW and SFW 'for the ’gram'), sharing marketing tips, catching up with industry news, and generally cavorting and schmoozing under an enormous magenta and cyan sign spelling out the name of the event organizer, the adult trade publisher XBIZ."
The article discusses the death of OnlyFans founder Leo Radvinsky and the platforms seeking to supplant the company in the premium fan platform space.
"OF’s competitors have turned XBIZ Miami into a B2B marketplace, securing cabanas and poolside signage to make their pitch to the people the market leader has spent years taking for granted," it continues. "The cabanas here belong to SextPanther (and its porn-star exclusive subsidiary, Mynx), Streamate, Chaturbate and Brazzers, the latter arriving not in its capacity as a legacy pay site but to pitch a new creator-focused agency. An army of reps approach creators around the pool, touting their differentiating factors: an FYP (For You Page) discoverability algorithm, which OnlyFans notoriously lacks; ranking boards that gamify the battle for fan attention; better technical support; or just the basic assurance that, as one of the company reps coyly puts it, 'unlike others, we embrace and are not ashamed of sex workers and porn creators.'
The article closes with a description of the events included in and surrounding the conference.
"Back by the XBIZ Miami pool, the sun is setting and everyone is trying to figure out where the action is," Turner writes. "There are several options during the three days of XBIZ Miami, from a White Party at the Myst club in Miami Beach to a more exclusive, invitation-only party thrown by Brazzers to the glitzy XMAs Miami awards gala thrown by XBIZ to honor excellence in the field."
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