The AVN Adult Movie Awards categories and qualifications for awards have been announced for the 2009 event. The event will be hosted by Belladonna and Jenna Haze, each of whom have received multiple AVN awards in the past.

Pornstars, producers, and webmasters, along with fans, retailers, and the press will all be present at the upcoming AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas on January 11th, 2009 at the Sands Expo Center. Early registration is only $125, and ends December 15th, 2008 (hurry now, and you might still be able to get tickets to the Opening Night Party for $80).

AVN has announced the event dates for the 2008 Adult Entertainment Expo to be held at the Sands Exhibition Center. The respected venue will feature networking and presentation events for the adult entertainment industry's directors, performers, distributors, and retailers from January 8th to 11th and is a great opportunity for fans to see the industry first hand.

The 2009 AVN awards will feature a new set of awards that focus on Internet websites and online talent. Among other categories announced this week, 'Best New Web Starlet', 'Site of the Year/Best Adult Website', and 'Web Starlet of the Year' have been added to the growing list of award categories.

AVN reported last week that despite the Fifth Circuit's decision not to rehear Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle, Texas retailers still might be subject to prosecution for selling sex toys based on an unpublished case that turned out to be mistakenly credited to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

Many of us working in the adult industry have the opportunity of working from home or outside the office; but how do you make the most out of it? JoeD , from AVN, created a small but efficient list of several tips and ideas on how to manage you time and be productive while working away from the office.

Private Media Group has announced it has launched a channel on www.pornotube.com. Private will be placing exclusive controlled content on the channel, where viewers will then be directed to buy the featured movie.

In its early days, Internet porn was a general market segmented into broad categories according to a few personal taste options, but generally marketed to the masses. As it grew, niche markets were exposed and exploited to offer an ever increasing variety of porn.

AVN founder, Paul Fishbein recently presented a synopsis of the porn industry to a group of 25 psychologists at UCLA as part of a Couples and Sex Therapy Training Program by sharing his experience with starting up AVN.

A controversial report says there is data to prove that internet porn reduces occurrences of rape.