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| Industry | Pornography |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founders | Steve Matthyssen Mike Miller Greg Lansky [1] |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Pornographic films |
| Parent | Strike 3 Holdings |
| Website | vixengroup |
Vixen Media Group, commonly referred to as Vixen, is an independent Internet pornography production company located in Los Angeles, California.
Vixen Media Group was founded in 2014 by French entrepreneur and director Greg Lansky, who is also the CEO of GL Web Media and Strike 3 Holding, along with partners Steve Matthyssen and Mike Miller. [2] Lansky sold his stake in Vixen Studios in January 2020. [3]
Vixen Media Group owns and operates eight online adult film sites: Vixen, Tushy, Blacked, Blacked Raw, Tushy Raw, Deeper, Slayed, and Milfy. Slayed, launched in August 2021, is the company's first all-girl brand. [4] [5] Pulse Distribution distributes all of the company's films. [6]
| Website/Brand | Date of creation | Specialization |
|---|---|---|
| Blacked | May 2014 | Interracial pornography |
| Tushy | June 2015 | Anal sex |
| Vixen | July 2016 | Glamour pornography |
| Blacked Raw | October 2017 | Interracial pornography in RAW format |
| Tushy Raw | December 2018 | Anal sex in RAW format |
| Deeper | April 2019 | Various: from softcore to BDSM |
| Slayed | August 2021 | Lesbian pornography |
| Milfy | June 2023 | MILF pornography |
The holding company of Vixen Media Group, Strike 3 Holdings, has as of 2023 [update] filed over 12,000 lawsuits since 2017 against people it alleges has infringed its copyright by illegally downloading its films via BitTorrent. [7] [8] [9] Strike 3 Holdings pressures the accused to settle, often with the implication that otherwise their use of pornography will be exposed. Few cases reach trial, with most being settled for four- or five-figure sums or dismissed. DC judge Royce Lamberth has described Strike 3 as a "copyright troll" that utilizes "cut-and-pasted complaints and boilerplate discovery motions" to "flood" courts with cases "smacking of extortion", describing its treatments of courts "not as a citadel of justice, but as an ATM". [9]
| Year | Title | Brands involved | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Psychosexual | Blacked, Blacked Raw, Deeper, Tushy, Vixen | starring Gianna Dior [10] |
| Jia | Blacked, Tushy, Vixen | starring Jia Lissa [11] | |
| Influence: Emily Willis | Blacked, Deeper, Slayed, Vixen | starring Emily Willis [12] | |
| 2023 | Hotel Vixen (Season 1) | Blacked, Tushy, Vixen | series [13] |
| In Vogue | Blacked, Tushy, Vixen | starring Kelly Collins [14] | |
| Influence: Vanna Bardot | Blacked, Tushy, Slayed | starring Vanna Bardot [15] | |
| 2024 | Hotel Vixen (Season 2) | Blacked, Tushy, Vixen | series [16] |
Vixen has won several major awards in the adult-film industry, including:
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