Gunzblazing has announced their merger with the AEBN family of companies.

It’s a combination that joins one of the industry’s top gay pay site affiliate programs with one of the world’s leading provider of Video On Demand services. Sister company Raging Stallion Studios forms the other leg of the merger, which is the biggest to occur in the history of the gay adult industry, claims Gunzblazing.

As a result, Gunzblazing will soon be able to offer webmasters a true, one stop, traffic leak-free shop to promote an ever expanding range of top quality membership, VOD and DVD retail sites. The plan also calls for AEBN’s  Nakedsword  to be incorporated into the Gunzblazing system in coming months.

What this means is affiliate webmasters will be able to promote their favorite studios in all formats, and all from one company. The sponsor also plans to offer a wide range of cross promotional opportunities with which to increase earnings.

Administratively checks and Epassporte payments will not change yet. Checks will still come from Pistol Media Inc and Epassporte payments from pistol1 for the next few payment periods. Affiliates will be informed of important administrative changes as they occur.

AVN Awards Announce 40 Nominees in Three New Web Categories

Nominees were announced today for the 26th annual AVN Awards, including 40 nominees in three web categories – Adult Site of the Year, Web Starlet of the Year, and Best New Web Starlet. All three categories are first-time entries in the AVN Awards, which take place January 10 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, in Las Vegas. Nominees were selected from a pool of hundreds of websites and performers submitted for consideration during the pre-nomination period. The nominating committee consisted of reviewers from TheBestPorn.com and RabbitsReviews.com, as well as AVN Online staff.

“We are ecstatic to announce the first web-based nominees for what has become the most coveted award in the adult industry – the AVN Award. We considered hundreds of great sites, and had to make some extremely tough decisions, but we feel this year’s nominees represent some of the best content in the adult industry,” said MJ McMahon, publisher of AVN Online. Also announced, were six inductees into the newly-formed Internet branch of the AVN Hall of Fame, which honors career contributions to the adult industry.

The Cybersocket Web Awards is the only event of its kind honoring the best GLBT websites. Each year, outstanding websites are recognized for their achievements in both “Surfer Choice” categories and “Industry Choice” categories. Get your nominations in for the sites, services and individuals you think should be recognized as outstanding.

The veteran gay adult links directory Sex, Men and Queers, better known as SMaQ, and its parent company Badpuppy Enterprises, have announced a complete site renovation. According to its producers, SMaQ has a wonderful new look and feel. The updated site also has a much better flow, making information more easily accessible. Other notable improvements include additional categories and a new Latest News section where industry and consumer related news or press releases will be published.

SMaQ has been on-line since 1995 and has consistently provided quality links to resources for gay men and gay sex. Besides the obvious adult oriented listings, SMaQ boasts a plethora of links to Community Resources, HIV & AIDS, Personal Sites, Social Networking Sites, and Webmaster Resources, to name just a few.

SMaQ is now accepting any relevant news and information announcements for publication within 24 hours. Email submissions to press((AT))smaq.com. Any business or organization with a website targeted at gay men may submit it for listing at SMaQ.

For those interested in the civil litigation against Too Much Media / NATS, there is a web site apparently published by NR Media (NRM), the original plaintiff. With the case now amended to a class action lawsuit, the web site serves as both an information resource and plaintiff recruitment vehicle.

While the primary focus of the lawsuit centers on the highly publicized NATS security breach, the NRM complaint also alleges NATS software does not calculate commissions reliably and accurately, and that the biller admin does not interface effectively with all processors, resulting in the under-reporting of sign-ups and rebills.

That’s 91 in dog years!

Founded in 1995, the Badpuppy website, which has become a household name for web surfers searching for some of the best in gay adult entertainment, turned 13 on Saturday May 17th.

“Badpuppy turning 13 is just so hard to believe,” says Badpuppy President/CEO Bill Pinyon. “The longevity and success we’ve enjoyed I contribute to my life partner Steven Wojcik and the incredible staff we have, whereas a good number of them have been with us for 12 years or longer,” Pinyon added.

Started as a hobby, Badpuppy has grown into a huge high tech network, recognized as one of the best and most trusted in the industry. If you ever have the opportunity to hang out with the Badpuppy gang you’ll quickly realize they are like one big happy family, all dedicated to delivering the very best for their customers and affiliates.

Marketing & Advertising Manager Lisa Turner cannot believe the growth, in company staff, the website, and their entire network. “It’s to the point I cannot even begin to describe to a visiting business associate our network and computer room,” Lisa commented.

Badpuppy continues to offer a huge amount of diverse content. There is something for everyone at the veteran gay porn mega site. With multiple content updates every day, and 24/7 customer support, its no wonder why this old dog stands out from all of the rest.

Both Pinyon and Turner hint that bigger things are on the way for Badpuppy. All they would say is, “There is an island of opportunity in the near future and we’ll be sharing that with you very, very soon.” Stay tuned!

Happy Birthday Badpuppy, and congratulations to the Puppy’s family that make it all happen.

The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) has created a public service announcement (PSA) featuring Stormy Daniels for the RTA (”Restricted to Adults”) website label.

The new video which is available for viewing on YouTube.com and on ASACP’s MySpace Page features Daniels discussing the RTA website label and encouraging parents to use parental filtering software. The one minute video is the first in what will become an ongoing series of PSAs. ASACP urges all of its supporters to help spread the word about adopting the RTA website label by featuring the PSA on their websites.

A video that ASACP produced last summer featuring highlights from a press conference announcing RTA has been viewed over 100,000 times on YouTube. While that video was only available for viewing on the internet, plans are being made to make ASACP’s PSA series available in formats that can be used on cable networks and on DVDs.

ASACP encourages anyone who has not adopted the RTA label to do such. RTA was developed out of a need for an easy to use and internationally recognized label that designates content for adults only. The RTA label is a unique string of “meta data” which can easily be inserted into the computer code of any website. Parental filtering software recognizes the tag and prevents children from viewing age-inappropriate material. The RTA label is free and universally available. ASACP launched RTA in November 2006 and it now has over four million page link-ins. Complete information about the RTA label and how to use it is available at www.RTAlabel.org.

XBIZ, a leading source for comprehensive adult industry news coverage, has announced the debut of its GLBT brand and news portal - GLBT.XBIZ.com.

XBIZ GLBT was created to provide members of the GLBT business community an exclusive news portal that provides timely and comprehensive coverage of both the video and on-line sectors of the GLBT adult industry.

“XBIZ has always valued its relationship with members of the GLBT business community,” XBIZ President Alec Helmy said, “many of whom have been great supporters of XBIZ over the years. XBIZ GLBT is simply an extension of our primary brand, and its mission is to deliver offerings of even greater value to the community.”

XBIZ has created an exclusive surfing experience, devoting the entire website extension - including advertisements, feature articles, release listings and blogs - to the GLBT industry.

According to XBIZ, with one click on the GLBT tab at the top of the XBIZ home page, GLBT surfers will be treated to information that is most relevant to them. Focusing primarily on gay/GLBT business-to-business news and information, the site will feature legal issues, technological advancements and other information of importance and value to the GLBT community.

“I am extremely proud to have had a hand in the creation and rollout of the XBIZ GLBT tab,” XBIZ Publisher Tom Hymes said. “It is going to be a robust provider of vital news and information, and we look forward to improving and increasing our coverage of this dynamic sector.”

To announce the debut of XBIZ GLBT, the company has launched an eye-catching marketing campaign featuring some of the biggest and brightest stars and talent in the GLBT community - including award-winning director Michael Lucas and industry favorite Chi Chi LaRue, who will make a very special “appearance” at The Phoenix Forum this week.