I just spoke at length with Matt Kalinowski from the publicity group at Playboy Entertainment Group regarding our payroll story. At first he said the reason the employees didn’t get paid was they waited more than 90 days to deposit their payroll checks. I pointed out that the checks were issued in late December, only…
I spoke this morning with my source on Monday’s Playboy paycheck story. Without any interrogation, Playboy decided it was him that had leaked the story, and fired him on Tuesday night. Our source confirmed that Playboy is still more than 30 days delinquent on at least a dozen employee paychecks. California state law requires restitution…
Why did SexZ Pictures ban the resale of their DVDs on AdultDVDMarketplace.com?
As you might have read, one of the biggest Hollywood payroll companies, Axium, went out of the business in early January due to the Writers Guide strike. It so happens that a subsidiary of Axium, Avalon Visual, serviced Playboy Entertainment Group (the division which includes Playboy TV and Playboy Radio, among other departments) That means…
Arnold Stein, a/k/a Arnold T., owner of Old Pueblo Distribution, is out of the adult business. He made most of his news by being publicly accused of theft by several of the producers he distributed. I was told business had gotten so bad that he was living in his warehouse, after his wife (who had…
Why are Jerry Aharony’s competitors still buying the DVDs? He is widely disliked. He bought the Candy Shop and Amateur District libraries from Red Light District last year.
During the piracy seminar at the Xbiz Hollywood Conference, there was a heated debate between someone from Adult Friend Finder and Andrew S from Hush Hush/Shane’s World. Did anyone attend the conference and see this argument first hand? Who was the person from Adult Friend Finder?
I’ve been trying to find out more information in regards to Brooke Ashley’s workers compensation hearing. Recent postings on the Adult DVD Talk forum by industry attorney Michael Fattorosi indicted that the Workers Compensation Appeals Board had sided with Brooke Ashley. The judge’s ruling could in turn open the flood gates regarding whether or not…
Michael Stefano left his longtime director post at Red Light District to move to the Hush Hush division of Shane’s World. Stefano was one of the founders of Platinum X Pictures, which went on to become a semi-defunct division of Red Light, and is now owned by RLD head of sales Ralph Ciglia. RLD director…
Chris writes: Doesn’t anyone else find it amusing that Jules Jordan hired Scott Justice to run his company? Jules has a reputation of having his eye on every nickel that flows in and out of his office, and agonizing over every detail. Scott’s reputation is that of the person who plundered hundreds of thousands of…
