Trade magazines for the adult industry are often filled with news and stories about partnerships between distributors and manufacturers, retailers and distributors, and even adult companies and mainstream outlets. But it’s not often there is news about two manufacturing companies teaming up to create a fusion product.

ATLANTA—Raw Dawgg Entertainment, a producer of urban, ethnic transsexual content, is in talks with brick-and-mortar distributors interested in introducing the studio’s material to the retail DVD market, a spokesman said Thursday.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—With the John Stagliano obscenity trial safely in the rear-view, the defendants having been acquitted of all charges

LOS ANGELES—Vivid Entertainment announced Wednesday that on only its third day of shipping out new Vivid Celeb release Montana Fishburne, starring the daughter of actor Laurence Fishburne, the studio had completely depleted its first-run supply of the title.

Until recently, the sexual products category was led by manufacturers and distributors pushing product to retailers and customers, rather than by customer demand and pull, as is more typical of developed consumer markets.

LOS ANGELES—The newest public service announcement (PSA) for the Restricted to Adults – RTA Website Label and The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) will be screened at the 2010 AVN Show.

LOS ANGELES—Cybersocket has opened the nomination period for its 11th annual Cybersocket Web Awards. Each year, the awards honor outstanding achievement by LGBT websites in both “Industry Choice” and “Surfers Choice” categories.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Judge Richard J. Leon, who presided over the John Stagliano obscenity case and made a "Rule 29" ruling of acquittal on all charges after the prosecution rested its case,

MIAMI—In the heart of the Miami Design District—home to some of the world’s leading designers, and soon to be the site of the first Baci Lingerie showroom in the U.S. (4,400 square feet, opening at the end of 2010)

LOS ANGELES—Renowned adult entertainment studio Vivid Entertainment is inviting all video retailers—both brick and mortar and online outlets—to participate in a contest to promote its upcoming release of Malice in Lalaland, a groundbreaking DVD from Miss Lucifer Productions.