D&E Media
American pornographic production company
D&E Media, LLC, also known as DukeDollars, is an incorporated, limited liability, American independent pornographic film company based in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. It has been operating since 2003 and is best known for producing Internet gonzo pornography series centered on erotic humiliation, race play, and rough sex, like Facial Abuse and Ghetto Gaggers.
D&E Media content has been criticized by adult film industry personnel and others, though the company has also been defended and praised by prominent industry organizations and figures like AVN, Bryan Gozzling, and Steve Holmes.
History
D&E Media, as DukeDollars, has been operating since 2003 and is located in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. The company's CEO is Donald Vollenweider.
DukeDollars was one of the sponsors of the Players Ball held at the Shelter Pointe Hotel in San Diego during the 2005 Cybernet Expo in April and acquired a rival company, Evil Genius Cash, in August 2008. It updated to "Duke Dollars Ver. 2" in 2009, and its series Facial Abuse won in the category "Most Extreme" in RabbitsReviews Best of the Web 2010. The company signed on with digital payment processor SegPay in 2012.
Steve Holmes began visiting the sets of Facial Abuse in 2018 and performed in scenes for them for his YouTube docuseries Behind the Porn Scenes.
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