Los Angeles 
may be about to lose its title as the US porn capital.
The L.A. City Council voted Tuesday to make condom use mandatory in adult films. And adult studios are already planning how to minimize the effects of that law.
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Is the Porn Industry Imperiled?
The porn 
industry stands at a precipice as it heads into 2012.
Online piracy continues to nip at the earnings of studios, and new legislation could dramatically impact how companies do business. So it makes sense, in a way, that the industry’s annual convention is facing big changes as well.
The Dirty Dozen 2012: Porn’s Most Popular Stars
True 
superstardom in the adult entertainment industry is a tough thing to achieve. And this year’s Dirty Dozen certainly underscores that.
Just five of the actresses we listed among the industry’s most popular last year make return appearances in 2012, as new faces have come along — and some veteran performers made a comeback.
Adult fare missing from CES
There’s 
something missing from this year’s CES: porn stars.
While TVs and tablets dominate the world’s largest tech confab, CES attendees often save some attention for the nearby Adult Entertainment Expo. This year, though, the two shows don’t coincide and it’s like the loss of a familiar, if slightly sketchy, cousin at a family dinner.
Porn Memorabilia Becoming a Legitimate Collectible
You’d think that 
with today’s proliferation of readily accessible nude pictures, adult films, and sex toys, the world of erotica is disposable; there’s always something new just a click away, so why bother to save anything?
But the depiction of sex has been a part of human culture for thousands of years. While it’s easy to think that the pornography industry is an invention of the last three or four decades, erotic expression reaches as far back as the 8th century BC.
THQ’s Newfound Porn Obsession
Gamasutra Editor-at-large Chris Morris 
takes a look at THQ’s use of adult entertainment stars in the promotion and voice talent for its Saints Row games, seeing risks for the franchise in the publicity stunt.
I know my way around the world of pornography.
One of the perks of being an editor-at-large at several publications is you often pick up some interesting assignments. Among the ones I’ve been handed were a series of stories about the business side of the adult entertainment industry. It’s actually an industry that reminded me a lot of the video game field – one that’s very easy to judge on the surface, but one that’s a lot more complex once you peek behind the curtain.
Internet, Magazine Porn Company Prices IPO
After a series of false starts, the owner 
of Penthouse magazine and over two dozen adult Websites is finally going public.
FriendFinder Networks says it expects to raise $50 million from the public offering of 5 million shares (priced at $10 each). The company said it expects trading to begin Wednesday on the Nasdaq market under the symbol FFN.
Porn Pros Turn To Liquor—For Second Career
Cindy Taylor knows her days in her 
current job are limited.
While her alter ego of Jesse Jane is one of the most popular porn stars in the industry, the hard truth is that the adult entertainment industry’s audience has tastes that change regularly. And there’s always someone looking to knock the leaders off of their perch.
Porn: What’s The Next Big Thing?
The pornography business is a
tech bellwether, often sensing the shift in consumer sentiment long before the mainstream world makes a move.
So as the adult entertainment industry’s stars and power brokers walked the red carpet at the recent AVN Awards in Las Vegas – the adult entertainment industry’s equivalent of the Oscars – we polled a few, asking them what they thought would be the next big trend to sweep the industry.
Newcomers To Porn Industry Count on New Business Model
It’s hard to recall a worse time to jump into
the porn business.
Piracy continues to run rampant. Studios are folding at a pace similar to the implosion of the dot-com bubble. And even the future of the industry’s trade show and biggest annual awards show are in jeopardy—as insiders wonder whether the Adult Entertainment Expo and AVN awards will be held next year.
Chris Morris: Journalist 