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elcome back to the new issue of Payout But enough of the shows that were and the
WMagazine! (It’s always the new issue of shows to be, holding the pages that we here at
Payout when we meet on this page isn’t it?) Payout Mag have put together for you means
you’re at the show that is - even if you’re just
We seem to be doing quite well so far this year,
reading on the throne! Now this issue is a kinda
and this convention season! And by that I mean sorta contrast to the last, where we went heavy
all of us, the industry, not just little old me!
on the textual/informational, and what I say
barely covered two enormous tradeshow photo-
First we hit the ground running in Los Angeles
events between two covers...
with the XBiz Show and their Executive Awards
(CONGRATS my buddy JFK earned hisself the
SO this issue we pull back on the reading and
XBiz Exec Legacy Award - Well deserved, sir,
go full-on with the eye-candy and an enormous
well deserved!) and moved right into Vegas and
gallery covering last year’s XBIZ Summit in LA - a
Internext - two BIG shows packed onto each
feast for the eyes and your yearning hearts lol!
other after the always too-brief restful holiday
period.
But that’s not to say we aren’t hitting any of
the thought-provoking topics of our industry or
Then came the Euro-opener, The European
provending any licentious knowledge within this
Summit in Spain, after barely time for a
issue... we are, but with a lighter touch for the
breather, and a heckuva show it was with record
attendance and barely a moment where nothing upcoming sunny season.
was happening - they all were, big incredible
For example, we cover a little bit something
high-grade events that set the bar for the rest of
the year, and set it high indeed. about Pinterest - does anyone know Pinterest?
Buhler? Buhler?
And they were big! Whoever says this business is
dying is just not in this business - bigger, better, We get into the legal aspects of jumping into
higher attendance, better quality attendees than the porn biz, but from a basic, common sense
ever it would seem! The report card is looking point of view. Then we get into (again? again!)
good, kids... Traffc, the all-important ingredient that bubbles
up our revenues, and cap it all off with a fnal
Looking to the oncoming next wave of return to the subject of working from home (oh
gatherings, I see more big things on the way, and the horror!).
even the new shows aren’t “small”.
But the topper, the cherry, the sweetest is our
Obviously we have the always amazing Phoenix Payout Innerview with J.C. Artonne, the man
Forum right around the corner, closing off this
behind Terpon and the guy who’s going to bring
quarter with its usual style, then with just a month
Porn to VR whether it wants to or not... and it
break, I’m looking forward to get back to Spain
does, baby, it so does!
(Majorca this time!) for EuroWebtainment before
a brand-spanking-new event in wild Romania:
See what I mean when you get there! It’s the
The Bucharest Summit! And it looks like that one
future, and it’s just a few pages away... so let’s
is going to leave us with our ears ringing... and
go!
a stark contrast to the next XBIZ show in MIAMI
that’ll be taking me back to my home-base in a
way of speaking. And the words are all “big” and MikeB
“ambitious” and “spectacular”! mikeb@payoutmag.com

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