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Heres a recap on what Im working with ....

Christie Hefner -- they are determined to be players in "new media"
Ron Cadwell -- along with paycom, these are the guys that keep the cash registers ringing.
whoever is at the helm at Epoch these days, Clay and Joel would definitely be on the "alltime" list if not going current.
Scott at AEBN -- the 800 pound gorilla in VOD and the one who brings most of what's at the local video store to the net.
Tony Morgan -- i would argue that NatNet sets the standard for hosting in our biz. And Tony Morgan himself sets the standard for how to run a business in this industry segment with class instead of sleaze.
Bang Bros -- Showing us all that quality original content pays mightily.
Jon Albright -- Fighting the shave and bringing a quality affiliate program to the masses.
Farrell Timlake -- lots of behind the scenes stuff with business and fighting the good fight, but even before that he brought John Q. Public's naughty home movies to the masses.
Joe Lackey -- although now most of the pieces of his business are owned by Playboy and he has bosses, there's undeniable influence still there and even more importantly he showed it IS possible to have a big time buy out of an adult business. Most normal web entrepeneurs go into it with the plan to be bought by Google, News Corp, Microsoft, etc...no such exit plans in adult, but he pulled off a multimillion dollar deal.
Kevin Blatt -- one of the very few non-business owners I would include. the guys ability to get himself on TV and radio and plug away is unmatched.
Jenna Jameson -- until someone unseats her she is the most well known star in adult and has crossover media coverage. what she does is largely how the outside world perceives all adult stars.
Paul Fishbein -- AVN is the largest industry news source and promoter of large shows that were the forebearer of the other shows we have seeminly weekly now.
Andrew Conru -- Love 'em or hate 'em, AFF is influential...not all influences are positive.
Gary Kremen -- I list this active simply because he's still in the media. But his past influence is huge. Without him being suckered by Steven Cohen and losing his domain during the most profitable years of it's existence we may have never really had true "ownership" of domains established in a court of law during the formative years.
Faye Sharpe -- AdultDex is the first adult trade show I remember, that alone should be worthy of mention. She, now along with Jay, continue to be the ones who tinker with the formula for adult industry conventions.
The Hun -- Influential? If he likes your stuff and promotes it, he can make or break a program. You convert or die under the weight of the traffic. On the other side of the fence, he's still responsible for probably more free porn than any one man and all of the impacts that brings to the business. Including an entire generation of webmasters who think fresh galleries with 20+ pics are the only way to make money in this business.
Larry Flynt -- I cant not mention Larry. His involvement in online is almost like a toe in the water. But he produces a ton of content, and his media and legal influences trickle down to all of us.
Tracy Lords. If it wasn't for her none of us would be dealing with 2257.
Slick Rick - founding Y-not, if not the first adult resource site certainly the first influencial one!
Andy Dunn - his tips and tricks newsletter was a GOLDMINE of information that influenced many
Helmy
Webfather - revolutionized the way people thought about domains
Ken Lawson - Bringing clients like Flynt Digital into the world of the web is certainly no easy task and you dont get cliens like that for not being able to make things happen. Most recently he was running GirlsGoneWild's affilaite program.
Add in his involvment with Jettis and most recently his massive sale of porn.com he gets my vote.
LAJ - Jay is one of the cornerstones of one of the first webmaster resource boards. Add in the facts that he is the organizer for Cybernet Expo and he represents Ynot,The Adult Webmaster and Netpond for advertsing needs makes Jay a real deal maker which in my book is a lot of influence.
Sorry Bob - hosting lobster parties on the beach and working for Steve Lightspeed doesnt make for much influence these days.
Oystien from MPA - Like em or not Mansion was he first cascading blling tool on the market as well as a CMS system. Even thought they lost a lot of steps by advertising the shave on shave off feature to rip off webmasters there are stil a lot of programs that swear by mansion. This on gets my vote more so for negative influence as well as having staying power in the business.
John Albright from Nats - The anti MPA. John stepped into the billing game touting 100% fraud free. When you represent the sheer number of programs NATS has runing that system they arry a lot of big stroke in my book. With the new CMS and additional tools as well as their quest of professionalism and accountability theres no wonder why you Id put John on this list.
DrinkingHard from GTS - Sheer amount of traffic brokered by GTS swings a lot of surfers eyes to his lit of clients. Hes brokering a lot of traffic for a lot of big sources. With traffic being more and more difficult to get that earns him a plce in the 50 for me.
Mike Wylde - Mike W sure is no stranger to Oprano and he was the first designer in the industry to set the bar for quality. Theres not a lot of press as there was in hte past for him but he continues to maintain the branding and marketing for several major clients.
Johnny V - He works for Wildline which is an aggregator of Yahoo traffic. And he is highly accesible to this industry. SE traffic still remains gold and a friendly face in the right place to make that happen gives him a place on this list.
Steve Lightspeed - If your talking solo girl sites then Steve has continud to set the bar for how they are sucessfully marketed and branded in this biz. Solo girls are tomorrows stars. Steve seems to have a good handle on that segment of the business and makes mucho dinero.
Dean Capture - Dean is to the web what Earl Miller is to Penthouse. Setting the bar HIGH on glam shots and taking the industry out of poorly lit and shitty staged shoots Dean represents what I think is the glamourous side of this business and what he future holds.
Meat and Aga - Netpond is another of the first webmaster resources and these guys have a lock on the European webmaster's eyes. They are the face hat many people in this industry first see outside of the US. Add in the myriad of programs they have hiding in background makes them a strong force for the future.
Hooper - Like him or not he is responsibile for stirring up more shit in this industry that crossed the lines over into mainstream. His Isearch network with the popups and etc held most of our computer transfixed for at least 18 months. Now with the 100% transparency product that quickbucks is touting it only makes me wonder if "fucking the surfer" is the only thing they have in mind.


Ill be sure and share with you how I package this up in the end and of course it will be open for revision.