XBIZ
Encyclopedia
XBIZ is an American publisher of business
news
and business information for the adult entertainment industry.
In addition to its flagship Xbiz.com website, XBIZ publishes two monthly trade magazines, hosts winter and summer exhibition & industry conferences
, and facilitates networking among adult online professionals through a business-to-business
professional networking service
. XBIZ company representatives are frequently cited in mainstream media
articles about business trends and practices in the industry.
XBIZ and its affiliated publications and services are operated by Adnet Media, founded in 1998 by adult-internet industry veteran Alec Helmy. Helmy is a founder of the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP)
.
The XBIZ Los Angeles Conference features adult entertainment business seminars, industry debates, state-of-the-industry discussions, keynotes from industry luminaries, and celebrity appearances. The event is held in February of each year in Los Angeles, and culminates with the annual XBIZ Awards. The 2010 conference will be held in Hollywood, California. The conference is also a digital media trade event designed to explore current and future market trends, the newest technologies, emerging business models, and networking events. The LA conference also includes a trade fair so industry vendors can showcase their current products. The conference hosts the annual membership meeting of The Free Speech Coalition
, the advocacy and trade association for the adult entertainment industry, and coincides with the annual XBIZ Awards, the adult industry’s biggest business awards show.
XBIZ’s summer conference, The XBIZ Forum, is a business-to-business
networking event for the online adult entertainment industry. The event is held annually at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas
. Like the Los Angeles conference, the Forum features appearances by well-known figures from the adult entertainment industry. The featured entertainment for the 2008 conference included porn-star bikini contests and porn-star Karaoke.
On March 22, 2010, XBIZ announced the debut of its outdoor adult consumer event, XFANZ Summer Expo, set for June 10-11, 2010 poolside at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
and Sunny Leone
. The XBIZ Awards program is now in its eighth year.
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
news
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
and business information for the adult entertainment industry.
In addition to its flagship Xbiz.com website, XBIZ publishes two monthly trade magazines, hosts winter and summer exhibition & industry conferences
Trade fair
A trade fair is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products, service, study activities of rivals and examine recent market trends and opportunities...
, and facilitates networking among adult online professionals through a business-to-business
Business-to-business
Business-to-business describes commerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer...
professional networking service
Professional network service
A professional network service is a type of social network service that is focused solely on interactions and relationships of a business nature rather than including personal, nonbusiness interactions.Notable examples include LinkedIn, Viadeo, XING and Wisestep.com.-See also:* Business...
. XBIZ company representatives are frequently cited in mainstream media
Mainstream media
Mainstream media are those media disseminated via the largest distribution channels, which therefore represent what the majority of media consumers are likely to encounter...
articles about business trends and practices in the industry.
XBIZ and its affiliated publications and services are operated by Adnet Media, founded in 1998 by adult-internet industry veteran Alec Helmy. Helmy is a founder of the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP)
Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP)
The is a non-profit organization that fights Internet child pornography and works to help parents prevent children from viewing age-inappropriate material online....
.
News and information products
- XBIZ.com – an adult industry business news and resource enterprise portalEnterprise portalAn enterprise portal, also known as an enterprise information portal or corporate portal, is a framework for integrating information, people and processes across organizational boundaries. It provides a secure unified access point, often in the form of a web-based user interface, and is designed...
. XBIZ.com features headline news, feature articles, event listings, blogs, message boards, business services and a comprehensive company directory of the adult entertainment industry. - XBIZ Newswire – an adult industry newswire and RSSRSS-Mathematics:* Root-sum-square, the square root of the sum of the squares of the elements of a data set* Residual sum of squares in statistics-Technology:* RSS , "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary", a family of web feed formats...
service
- XBIZ World Magazine – a trade magazine for the adult industry’s digital mediaInternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
sector. XBIZ World features Internet and technology news, feature articles, market analysis, trend reports, and interviews with online adult industry trendsetters. - XBIZ Premiere Magazine – a trade magazine for the adult entertainment industry's retailRetailRetail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
sector. XBIZ Premiere (formerly XBIZ Video) reports on the news and developments in the video, sex toy, gay and retail sectors of the adult entertainment industry. - XBIZ Digital Edition - XBIZ Digital features digital editions of the XBIZ World Magazine and XBIZ Premiere Magazine business journals, offering online or downloadable versions for offline viewing.
- XBIZ LA Conference – is the adult entertainment industry's annual business seminarSeminarSeminar is, generally, a form of academic instruction, either at an academic institution or offered by a commercial or professional organization. It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some particular subject, in which everyone present is...
and trade expo. The conference features seminars, workshops, keynote addresses and industry networking events. - XBIZ Forum - XBIZ (Summer) Forum is a three-day networkingSocial networkA social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...
event where industry professionals gather to connect at a business forum. The event is held at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. - XBIZ Awards – The XBIZ Awards is adult entertainment’s largest B2BBusiness-to-businessBusiness-to-business describes commerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer...
awards show. The XBIZ Awards honor and recognize business excellence and outstanding achievement by industry professionals, companies and performers. - XBIZ Research – an adult entertainment industry market research program.
- XBIZ.net – an adult entertainment industry business-to-businessBusiness-to-businessBusiness-to-business describes commerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer...
professional network serviceProfessional network serviceA professional network service is a type of social network service that is focused solely on interactions and relationships of a business nature rather than including personal, nonbusiness interactions.Notable examples include LinkedIn, Viadeo, XING and Wisestep.com.-See also:* Business...
. Its purpose is to connect adult entertainment industry professionals with new business opportunities.
Trade conferences
XBIZ hosts two annual trade conferences for industry professionals, the XBIZ LA Conference and the XBIZ Summer Forum.The XBIZ Los Angeles Conference features adult entertainment business seminars, industry debates, state-of-the-industry discussions, keynotes from industry luminaries, and celebrity appearances. The event is held in February of each year in Los Angeles, and culminates with the annual XBIZ Awards. The 2010 conference will be held in Hollywood, California. The conference is also a digital media trade event designed to explore current and future market trends, the newest technologies, emerging business models, and networking events. The LA conference also includes a trade fair so industry vendors can showcase their current products. The conference hosts the annual membership meeting of The Free Speech Coalition
Free Speech Coalition
The Free Speech Coalition is a non-profit trade association of the pornography and adult entertainment industry in the United States...
, the advocacy and trade association for the adult entertainment industry, and coincides with the annual XBIZ Awards, the adult industry’s biggest business awards show.
XBIZ’s summer conference, The XBIZ Forum, is a business-to-business
Business-to-business
Business-to-business describes commerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer...
networking event for the online adult entertainment industry. The event is held annually at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
. Like the Los Angeles conference, the Forum features appearances by well-known figures from the adult entertainment industry. The featured entertainment for the 2008 conference included porn-star bikini contests and porn-star Karaoke.
On March 22, 2010, XBIZ announced the debut of its outdoor adult consumer event, XFANZ Summer Expo, set for June 10-11, 2010 poolside at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
XBIZ Awards
The annual XBIZ Awards honor excellence in the creation and marketing of adult entertainment. The awards coincide with the XBIZ Conference. Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003. The award nominations are submitted by members of the adult entertainment industry, and the finalists are voted for by XBIZ staff, industry colleagues and participating peer organizations. The awards were originally created to recognize business achievement in the online adult industry, but in recent years adult movie, novelty, retail, and people's choice categories have also been added. The 2010 awards are to be hosted by adult entertainment stars Teagan PresleyTeagan Presley
Teagan Presley is an American pornographic actress. Her stage name in part comes from her parents initially wanting to call her "Teagan" and in part as an homage to Lisa Marie Presley.- Career :...
and Sunny Leone
Sunny Leone
Not to be confused with fellow pornographic actress Sunny LaneSunny Leone is an Indo-Canadian pornographic actress, actress, businesswoman and model. She was named Penthouse Pet of the Year in 2003 and was a contract star for Vivid Entertainment...
. The XBIZ Awards program is now in its eighth year.