CYBERSPACE — Adult star Gianna Dior has been named Penthouse Pet of the Year.

“So honored to be named 2019 Penthouse Pet of the Year!,” Dior told XBIZ. “I couldn’t be more grateful for this title and I’m very excited for this incredible opportunity!! Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me and continues to support me!”

The California-born, Alabama-raised beauty is an in-demand Spiegler Girl who has been in the industry for only one year. She is a top performer for several well-established studios including Reality Kings, Naughty America, Cherry Pimps and Perv City.

She joins a growing list of adult performers being crowned Pet of the Year by the storied magazine brand, founded by Bob Guccione in the late 1960s, including Kenna James, Jena Sativa and Gina Valentina.

Cannabis concentrates, oils, and extracts offer many unique benefits that you won’t find smoking flower. From easy, precise dosing to clean and refined flavors, concentrates focus on the ingredients in cannabis that matter most. In this 4-part series, you’ll learn the fundamentals of concentrates, explore product options, discover how extracts are made, and more.

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LOS ANGELES — For the past six weeks, XBIZ has been conducting an extensive investigation into the deletion of an unusually large number of Instagram accounts of adult performers since the beginning of this year.

Many of the victims, frustrated by what they see as a lack of transparency in the Instagram moderation process and the notoriously unresponsive customer service practices of the photo-sharing platform (and of its parent company, Facebook, and of fellow social media giant Twitter), suspected that the deletions were part of the ongoing “War on Porn” waged by anti-sex, religiously motivated lobbies.

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As millions of summer travelers begin packing their bags, the issue of taking CBD through airport security might be causing anxiety. Here’s a bit of relief. Over the Memorial Day weekend, the TSA announced that its agents won’t hassle you over a little CBD.

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In the past month, within a 30-day span, the bitcoin price has surged 60 percent against the U.S. dollar to about $8,500 as the valuation of the crypto market rose by $100 billion.

Major crypto assets such as ethereum, litecoin, and EOS have seen gains above 100 percent year-to-date, with Binance Coin, the seventh most valuable crypto asset in the global market, recording a staggering 437 percent gain against the USD.

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While a picture might be worth a thousand words, is it worth risking your business Instagram account? Gaming Adult share their Instagram experience so that you learn how to get the likes and keep the account.

While PornHub is trying to get their hands on Tumblr and restore its previous glory (and traffic), Instagram is being weirdly selective about which accounts to allow and which to take down. Apparently some butts are more equal than others (unlike nipples).

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Just because a platform has a place to leave tips/tributes doesn’t mean clients are doing it. Amberly Rothfield has ideas to work those pending tips for the long game.

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David Bienenstock

Researchers from University College London published a paper entitled “Hyper-Priming in Cannabis Users” in 2010, which shows that consuming cannabis helps the human mind connect seemingly unrelated concepts more quickly and efficiently—the exact kind of thinking associated with heightened imagination, innovation, and creativity.

So you don’t just feel more creative when you’re stoned, you are more creative—at least potentially. But don’t take my word for it, here’s what famed astrophysicist Carl Sagan had to say on the subject:

There is a myth about [cannabis] highs: The user has an illusion of great insight, but it does not survive scrutiny in the morning. I am convinced that this is an error, and that the devastating insights achieved when high are real insights.

While the hyper-priming study only focuses on the way cannabis promotes creativity in a single individual, it’s certainly worth exploring how the heightened state engendered by the herb affects a group of artists and innovators when they all indulge and interact with each other.

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Reddit announced an update to its NSFW Advertising Policy yesterday. The policy update officially banned all ads for “adult-oriented products and services” on the site.

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The recently launched digital subscription platform boasts over 55,000 full-length scenes and includes special original series, sex docuseries and award-winning feature movies.

“The reception since we first opened our doors in January has been so overwhelmingly positive that our team has decided to kick open the floodgates and invite as many adult viewers out there to try our platform,” said Bree Mills, Head of Gamma Films and Official Spokesperson of the Adult Time brand.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re a die-hard fan, a curious surfer, or someone who just wants a little something ‘extra’ to watch with your partner on a Friday night.”

Billed as the “Netflix of porn,” Adult Time brings together top studios and original content under one roof. Since its launch, Adult Time has released original niche series such as Shape Of Beauty, Transfixed, Lady Gonzo, Age & Beauty, Girls Under Arrest, Girlcore and more.

The new Adult Time platform is accessible to all members of Gamma Films studio sites.

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This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Sssh.com, a female-led, female-focused ethical adult website and film studio. That makes Sssh.com one of the oldest adult websites—and certainly one of the oldest adult websites aimed at women. Founder and director Angie Rowntree says she knew that her work was different from the very beginning, and decided to take it a step further by involving her viewers in the process of creating groundbreaking adult content.

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Peter Gigante

While many Americans may think of April 20 or 4/20 as a “stoner” holiday, that kind of thinking is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Cannabis is available for medical or adult use in more states than ever before and its stigma is steadily  fading. In fact, according to Pew Research, a record-high 62 percent of Americans say the use of cannabis should be legalized. Consumers across the country are incorporating cannabis into their regular routines thanks to the wide variety of products available. 4/20 is now celebrated all year round!

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LOS ANGELES — Adding cryptocurrency payments to the world’s most popular publishing platform has become easy and free with the launch of intimate.io’s plugin.

According to the company, the WooCommerce plugin is now available for download and installation at the WordPress plugin repository, enabling crypto payments for the shopping system’s 3.5 million users.

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LOS ANGELES — Grad-student-turned-adult-star Allie Eve Knox has been featured on the new docuseries from A&E “The Untold Story.”

Knox is featured in the “Sex for Sale” episode, which is set to air at 6 p.m. (PST) on Thursday, April 18.

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BY ERIKA CHAN

“I love being an anonymous sexy stranger… Because I don’t show my face, guys are free to imagine me as whoever they like.” — Clarabelle Woods

Who is Clarabelle Woods?

Honestly, she could be anyone — which is part of the mysterious allure and the business strategy behind keeping one’s face hidden online.

Woods, who most people call “Clara,” has been an online sex worker for two years now.

“I’ve lived most of my life in a big, bustling East Coast city but have spent the last few years living further south for school,” she shared.

Woods looks some time out from her study schedule to tell us a bit about her work, her writing and her passion for the environment around us.

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Year-to-date, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) is up 40% against the United States dollar, and other major cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum and Litecoin have also demonstrated strong gains in the past four months.

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