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XBIZ Awards
Annual industry awards ceremony launched by XBIZ in 2005, held in Los Angeles. Complements the AVN Awards with stronger emphasis on business and technology categories alongside performer and production categories. Held in conjunction with the XBIZ Show industry conference.
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- Adult industry trade press: AVN, XBIZ, and the trade-press ecosystem 1983-2026 — How AVN, XBIZ, and the broader adult-industry trade press built the institutional memory the field now depends on — and why the question of who counts as serious industry journalism in 2026 looks different from the question that produced AVN in 1983.
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