Newseater - Adult Edition

Zivity founder Cyan Banister offering her body in pictures? Zivity itself offering a free 30-day trial?! Take notes, everyone: Zivity will never do anything this explicit again.

In an article by L.A. blog Sex and the 405, Cyan Banister discusses the creation of Zivity and her first time posing nude for photographs. We dig her insights into self-expression and how posing nude can lead to a greater appreciation for one’s own beauty:

I didn’t think much about my body but afterward, I looked at it in the pictures and thought “wow, my body is nice.” I regretted not doing it sooner and appreciating myself sooner. If I could go back, I would tell myself to pose sooner.

That’s definitely a sentiment we can get behind. But that doesn’t mean we’re down with Zivity. While Ms. Banister claims her “unapologetic approach” with investors was the key to scoring capital, we can’t imagine the same method will work with customers. Especially when a similar better site like Suicide Girls is the same price per month, and even cheaper per year (go ahead, compare prices).

Then again, maybe this new promotion will draw interest. Sex and the 405 is offering 30-day trials to Zivity, and all you have to do is email them at sexandthe405@zivity.com—no credit card required. We weren’t impressed when we got to peek, but that was a couple years ago.

So hey, if anyone wants to dive in and tell us what it looks like, we’d be much obliged. Meanwhile, we’ll keep looking at real porn.

· More pics of Cyan at Cyan Banister Bares It All In Never-Before-Seen First Zivity Shoot (sexandthe405.com)
· Zivity (zivity.com)

Original post by Ottimo Massimo

Back in March 2008, porn pinup site Zivity made headlines after securing a cool $8 million in funding. Now it’s making headlines again: this time, because much of its funding (and staff) is walking away.

The situation is not quite so dire as some reports have suggested: the short version is simply that, in the course of its work, Zivity managed to spawn two creations—the TopFans website and “War of the Roses” MySpace application—that were seen as, well, more immediately profitable than Zivity (we can’t imagine why). Rather than watch Zivity wither away as its resources were diverted to other projects within the company, the powers that be decided to split the company in two, allowing Zivity to wither away grow at its own pace all on its own.

Porn Valley has long looked to Zivity for clues to mainstreaming: after all, if Zivity was able to managed to secure venture capital, shouldn’t the rest of Porn Valley (arguably a more profitable enterprise) manage to interest mainstream money? Alas, it’s not that simple: Zivity got the funds because it was a not very risque not-porn site started by Silicon Valley insiders. Very risque enterprises, started by Silicon Valley outsiders (or hey, even insiders) just have too many strikes against them to attract the VCs. But hey—given the fate of Zivity, maybe that’s not so bad.

· Zivity (zivity.com)
· Amicable Split for Zivity and VC Investors (dailyfinance.com)

Original post by Lux Alptraum

The next time you think you’re spending too much time on porn, take a look at these monthly sex-related budgets for Nerve’s nine stereotypes test subjects and be thankful you’re not spending too much money on it too. After all—you do read Fleshbot, which means spending ten bucks on an on-demand broadcast of “Doctor’s Adventures” need never be part of your budget. (nerve.com)

Original post by Fleshbot

While perestroika inaugurated a system of economic reforms that resulted in the collapse of the Soviet Union, let’s not forget that it also ultimately allowed hot Russian bank tellers to become pin-up calendar girls … all in the name of improved international relations! Retail and commercial banking group Expobank has published a customer giveaway calendar featuring twelve of the bank’s sexiest employees, scantily clad in provocative poses with tongue-in-cheek bank slogans, as a promotion for VIP clients. “I keep getting compliments about the calendar from my VIP clients, especially from the men — but the women say nice things too,” Miss March Anna Pogodina was quoted as saying in the Daily Mail this weekend. “I didn’t expect, when I was having my picture taken, that I would see my name and full job title on the calendar. I was really surprised — and rather pleased.” It does make you wonder, though, why these women are working in a bank. Imagine if Giselle Bundchen was processing the paperwork for your car loan? - JC

· “Bare-clays Bank…High Street giant bids for Russian bank with a very saucy staff calendar” (dailymail.co.uk)
· Expobank (expobank.ru, though you won’t find the rest of the pinup calendar here … if anyone knows where we can see more, please let us know!)

Original post by Fleshbot