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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
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M Ma ar rk ko o L Le eb be ea au u
D Da ad dd dy y Z Ze eu us s
PERFORMER DEBUTS HIS
PORN STAR LAUNCHES
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
ADXPANSION HIRES
OFFICIAL SITE WITH
MODELING AGENCY
PIONEERED B&D VIDEOS,
NEW MARKETPLACE
PORNSTAR PLATINUM
BASED IN MONTREAL
STARTED ZEUS STUDIOS
SALES MANAGER
PrinceYahshua.com, the new official
Adult performer Marko Lebeau has
Film/video director and producer
AdXpansion, a seller of targeted advertising
website for veteran male talent Prince
launched a Montreal-based adult
Daddy Zeus passed away at his home in
for the adult market, has announced the
Yahshua, has debuted courtesy of
modeling agency called Ménage à Trois.
Cathedral City, Calif., on November 9,
appointment of Matthew Young as
Pornstar Platinum. The affiliate
Lebeau, who has been a gay porn star
2012. Born Mikal Edward Bales on
marketplace sales manager, effective
program’s founder, xxxJay, posted the
since 2010, says that this project was
September 2, 1939, in Indiana, he later
immediately.
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news to GFY.com, saying, “Prince
inspired by the fact that the city is a
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settled in Southern California. Bales
In his role as an award-winning sales
Yahshua is one of the great male
growing hub of porn production yet no
served with distinction in the United
performers in this business right now
meaningful support is available to help
States Air Force followed by service as a
and the result is some great high-quality
models to grow their careers.
Peace Corps volunteer.
porn.
“More and more studios are choosing
Mikal’s passion for rope first drew
“Prince Yahshua,” he continued, “is
to film here because of the quantity of
attention in high school, when he
bringing a ton of top porn talent with
attractive talent and the city’s renowned
successfully tied up the football team’s
him, like Lisa Ann, Jayden Jaymes, Kiki
openness,” Lebeau said. “While the local
captain and the quarterback, along with
D’Aire, Lola James, Lola Foxx, Tia
adult industry is growing, studios have
the remaining players on the offense’s
Cyrus, Kelli Staxxx, Maserati XXX,
limited access to qualified production
starting line. During his Peace Corps
executive, Young’s 10-plus years in
business development has cemented his
reputation as a customer-focused team
player known for identifying unique
opportunities. Young will now bring his
extensive sales and customer relations
experience to AdXpansion’s latest arena—
the Marketplace—where premium traffic
is sold on a fixed-rate basis.
“Mr. Young’s years of sales experience
and his commitment to superior customer
Ariella Ferrera, Pinky, Misty Dawn and
resources, and models are left pretty
service, he devised a game to be played
many more.
much to themselves in developing their
by his students at recess: a ritualistic
In addition to the website, the two-
careers.”
jungle pursuit, capture and interrogation
service makes him the ideal candidate for
time AVN Award winner, who has over
Lebeau said he has already provided
based on the popular Nigerian comic
our latest initiative,” said AdXpansion’s
200 movies to his credit, also works as a
talent for Next Door Studios, Lucas
book and masked hero, BOOM.
Vice President, Nigel Williams. “The
performer and as a director for his own
Entertainment and Pegase Productions,
Bales eventually became known as
Marketplace allows us to buy and sell
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studio, Silverback Entertainment.
and has also partnered with Adult
Daddy Zeus, director and producer of
traffic outside of our ad serving platform.
Pornstar Platinum offers affiliates
Models USA. While the agency is
Zeus Studios, founded in 1978 with
With the addition of the Marketplace to
top-notch promo tools that include long
recruiting both male and female models
business partner Jim Hawkins, and subse-
complete our service offerings, there isn’t a
hot-linkable videos for tubes, embeds
for straight, gay and bi porn productions,
quently joined by Ron Sexton. Zeus
solution our sales team can’t deliver.”
for blogs, “tube style” free hosted
most of the new recruits have been men.
Studios remains the oldest, largest and
With sites such as PornerBros.com and
galleries in HD, handwritten RSS,
Lebeau said that with the launch of
one of the most respected producers of
GiveMeGay.com now represented
dynamic banners, twitter tools, custom
the agency’s website, “We are now openly
safe, sane, consensual B&D performance
exclusively by Young, AdXpansion has
fansigns and others.
commencing our public recruiting effort
art videos.
positioned its Marketplace as an
For biz-dev, email jay@occash.com;
and will enhance our roster of female
In 2000, Daddy Zeus was inducted
invaluable resource for straight, gay, she-
for affiliate support, contact Mike
models very shortly.”
into the GayVN Awards Hall of Fame.
male, or other niche advertisers looking
Mistretta at mikemistretta@gmail.com.
The agency website is Menage-a-3.ca.
Always charismatic, he mentored various
for quality traffic.
It also has a Facebook page and can be
talents who follow in his path, including
For inquiries, Matthew Young can be
followed on Twitter: menage_a3. Phone
Tony Buff, Van Darkholme and Brian
reached at matthew@adxpansion.com. For
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contact is (514) 835-1769.
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Mills.
more about the company, visit
ADUL T WHO’S WHO
As it was his wish that there be no
AdXpansion.com.
memorial, any donations made in Daddy
Zeus’ honor should be directed to local
animal rescue and no-kill shelter.
(Photo courtesy Tim Brough)
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