Pure Play's Tobias Bauer Honored by Sign Magazine

CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Sign Magazine has honored distribution company Pure Play Media's Tobias Bauer with a Best Erotic Industry Manager award. Bauer is president of the company’s European office in Hamburg, Germany. Sign Magazine is a leading adult industry trade publication in Europe.

“Sign is an outstanding media outlet for our industry and it’s an honor to be recognized by my peers,” Bauer said. “I am fortunate to be surrounded by an extraordinary team at Pure Play Media Europe GmbH. We have a great staff that gives 110 percent every single day. I’m also lucky to be able work with top-notch studios that create and produce such solid products.”

Bauer has been with Pure Play’s European office since it opened in early 2006.

Since then his responsibilities have included promoting Pure Play and its distributed studios to the European adult market. With a background in the adult industry, advertising and new medias, Bauer has expanded all platforms of distribution including DVD, online, mobile and video-on-demand, while raising the exposure and revenue of Pure Play’s various studio partners which consist of Naughty America, Homegrown Video, Seymore Butts, Swank, Asia Bootleg and Cousin Stevie.

“Tobias has an exceptional business mind, is a strong leader and a key asset in the Pure Play Media organization. His efforts, day in and day out, have played an important part in the early success of our European office. I’m very pleased to see Sign take note of his achievements,” Pure Play Media CEO Richard Arnold said.

Production company Naughty America, which is distributed by Pure Play Media, also was awarded Best Newcomer Label 2007 by Sign Magazine. According to Pure Play, Naughty America’s “Diary of a MILF” and “Naughty Office” series are popular with European adult consumers.

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