Porn is big business, and the industry has been quick to adapt by copying successful features of new consumer Internet sites. But one thing we haven’t seen until now: respected Silicon Valley ...

I wrote two weeks ago that Zivity founder Cyan Banister was not just an executive at her adult-focused photography startup, she was beginning to model for it as well. At the time, though, she was ...

(Note: Zivity, the adult content site on Friday, Oct. 17, said it was cutting a third of its staff. Here’s an interview I did with Cyan back on May 12.) Capturing the female body in an artistic form ...

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Cyan Banister, co-founder of adult photography community site Zivity — a place where photographers and models post cheesecakey photo shoots in hopes of attracting fans — has been wrestling with the ...

Zivity is demoing its service today at the TechCrunch 40 event. It's a photo gallery of hot women, both clothed and not, and with a twist: Users who pay $10 a month for access to the nudie pix also ...

Cyan Banister is the CEO of Zivity.com, a site that features tasteful amateur nude models, an online community, and photo contests up the ying-yang. An example is "Science is awesome!," which calls ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The investors in San Francisco start-up Zivity would prefer to think they are funding the next wave of social ...

It wasn't that long ago that we discussed a New York Times article dealing with the reluctance of VC's when it comes to investing in adult-oriented businesses. So you can imagine how the recent news ...

Adult photo-judging start-up, which has landed $8 million in funding so far, says the layoffs are a direct result of uncertain economic times. Is this a sign of things to come? CNET contributor Don ...

Zivity is excited to host a full day intensive photography workshop with Corwin Prescott! With a classic pin-up theme, Corwin will teach an eight hour workshop about photography, featuring models Miss ...