Lux Alptraum, the new owner and CEO of Fleshbot, is profiled at Salon.com.

Maybe Fleshbot won’t be so annoying and scattered now that she’s in charge….

www.salon.com/2012/02/19/a_new_breed_of_porn_ceo_female

Hey, I’ve been out of the country for a couple of months and it’s high time to update some things that have become broken on the site or in the industry.

I’ve added some noteworthy new sites to the line-up of news feeds on The Floating World: Peeperz.com, ZZinsider.com, YNOT Europe, ThereIsNoMoneyInPorn.com, Striptaculous.com, Xbiz.net and Smutlife.com.

I’ve repaired some feeds that have been changed or broken on their proprietors’ end: Galaxy Publicity, Adult Chamber, LukeFord.com, OCModeling,com, PornStarPerformance.com, StarFactoryPR.com, Tod-Hunter.com and tonyBatman.com.

And a few sites have gone into the dumpster since they are no longer updated: Pornstar Babylon, PornStarsAfterHours.com, PornNewz.com, East Coast Adult News, IAmIvan.com and, surprisingly XPeeps.com, (since it is owned by AEBN, a thriving company).

If you know of other porn industry news sites I should include, or see other feeds I should drop, just let me know: terri@thefloatingworld.com.

CANOGA PARK, Calif. – Free Speech Coalition (FSC), the adult industry trade association, has opened nominations for its 2012 Board of Directors election. There are four board positions up for election, out of 13 board seats.

You must be an FSC member to make a nomination. Active FSC members should have received an email form that allows them to nominate candidates for election (sent through survey service Zoomerang). FSC will also post a link on its website, the FSC Blog and Facebook page, if members would prefer to access the nomination form through those platforms or did not receive the email form.

Any member making a nomination must supply contact information for each candidate.

Candidates must be active FSC members. The nomination form can be found at this link: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/U2LL3HTV9Z9N

Nominations will be accepted through December 1st, and candidates will be announced December 2nd. The election will take place (by email ballot) throughout December.

“This is a great opportunity for members that would like to become more involved with the FSC to either be nominated, or vote in the upcoming election,” FSC Membership Director Joanne Cachapero said. “Especially now, we need the support of all our members to help choose board members that will offer their insight in some of the challenges the industry faces – including mandatory condoms, anti-piracy efforts, .performer health and safety and patent trolls.”

For more information about the election process or to join FSC, contact (818) 348-9373, or joanne@freespeechcoalition.com.

Adult Model Call provides models and producers with safer online employment resource.

Miami, Florida – Adult Model Call [adultmodelcall.com] offers a new twist on the standard employment profile board by allowing adult industry professionals to verify their status, helping both models and production companies to weed out the posers from the players.

President and Owner of Adult Model Call, Shane Wolfe, has taken the concerns of both models and studio owners who are disenchanted with the ratio of fan traffic versus real job opportunities to heart, in creating his online employment board. “I have been shooting as an amateur adult videographer for a while now, and I have used the existing model profile sites myself. One of the most common responses I’d get from models on those sites was, ‘Are you for real, or are you just another stalker sending me a message on here?’ I had some of the same issues from the producer’s end, because I’d get emails from people that wanted to sell me services and models who couldn’t even produce a valid ID once I got them on the set. It was time for a site that offered verification of profiles, so both sides would know exactly who they would be working with.”

Adult Model Call provides the option for models, and those seeking to hire them, to verify their profile accounts by providing identification confirming such important information as their date of birth, employer identification and, in future updates, adult industry standard testing verification. All of this information is gathered under complete privacy for both models and producers. While it is verified by real people, it is never shared publicly, and is not posted on the site. Easily identifiable icons are placed on all verified profiles.

“I want every one that uses Adult Model Call to know that their information is secure, while also providing all Adult Model Call members the ability to confirm that the profiles they see on the site belong to legitimate professionals. Why take chances? There are already enough risks in what we do, to chance hiring someone who isn’t able to produce legitimate ID once you have them on set. Worse yet, what model or performer wants to risk being hired by someone that doesn’t even have a legitimate reason to ask them to work for them?,” said Wolfe.

Adult Model Call includes a job listings feature along with profile listings. Studio employers can list their openings in various categories, such as video or stills shoots and signings at retail outlets or conventions.

For adult performers, each member is allowed to specify the type of jobs they will accept, among categories ranging from hardcore video to signings and appearances. Models may also provide information on the exact types of activities they will perform in scenes.

All models and producers who sign up with AdultModelCall.com during the launch period enjoy three free months of profile hosting to introduce the site to industry professionals. To encourage members to verify their profiles, producers and studios submitting employer documentation will be offered free job listings and featured profiles. Verified talent is offered improved service, including featured listing status and direct access to message all members within the site.

Tiki and Rog’s PR company picks up where April Storm left off, at www.pipelinemultimedia.com.
If other publicists have a feed of their latest PR or news, let me know and I’ll add you too.