Here are snippets from gay (or gay-adjacent) entries on the list:

AEBN: “January’s merger with NakedSword set the tone for a year chock full of new deals, expanding markets and shrewd moves for VOD giant AEBN. From AVStage.jp √¢‚Ǩ‚Äú a new effort catering specifically to the Japanese market √¢‚Ǩ‚Äú to its affiliate deal with adult social networking site CrusingForSex.com, expansion and acquisition were the names of the game for AEBN in 2007. The company’s non-VOD ventures, like xPeeps and PornoTube, also made the news regularly this year, settling in to the growing Web 2.0 trend.”

COLT STUDIO: “Few adult companies got more attention from the press√¢‚Ǩ‚Äùadult and mainstream alike√¢‚Ǩ‚Äùin 2007 than COLT. In recognition of the studio’s 40th anniversary, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom started a firestorm by issuing a proclamation celebrating the milestone, only to be pilloried by critics, especially from the far right of the political spectrum. ‘COLT Studio Day’ was far from the only reason COLT was in the news this year, but the incident underlined in emphatic fashion how far mainstream acceptance of the adult industry has come √¢‚Ǩ‚Äú and just what the limits of that acceptance may be.”

CYBERSOCKET: “…The company’s consistent sponsorship and hosting of industry events, its coveted web awards and established leadership in the GLBT sector clearly place Cybersocket among the most highly respected and most frequently referenced resources for information in the adult entertainment industry, bar none.”

DINK FLAMINGO & ACTIVEDUTY.COM: “ActiveDuty.com and its owner Dink Flamingo are no strangers to controversy, particularly controversy surrounding men in uniform. Again this year, a soldier was discharged from the U.S. military after admitting that he had performed in a video published on the site; in 2006, seven paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division were discharged for appearing in ActiveDuty.com videos…”

FLAVAWORKS: “It was a tumultuous year for the company behind the popular gay voyeur feed site CocoDorm.com. The company sadly lost its vice president, Dekenric Wiley, who passed away in July. Legal wrangling with the City of Miami over the location of the CocoDorm house heated up in August, with the city and FlavaWorks filing opposing lawsuits; the city claims the dorm violates local zoning ordinances while the web company asserts that the city is seeking to impinge on its 1st Amendment rights.”

BRYAN KOCIS, HARLOW CUADRA AND JOSEPH KEREKES: “Unquestionably one of the worst pieces of news to stem from the adult industry in 2007, the murder of Cobra Video owner Bryan Kocis has been pinned by prosecutors onto rival producers Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes. How the facts will play out remains to be seen, but even at this early stage, the sad saga has seen strange twists and turns√¢‚Ǩ‚Äùlike Kerekes’ claim that a potentially damaging conversation was captured by an electronic bug planted in a pair of Kocis’ sunglasses.”

MALEFLIXXX: “It was a year of many significant business deals for the gay adult pay-per-view service, as MaleFlixxx inked deals with the likes of Titan Media, Adam Male, Manhunt.net, Lucas Entertainment, Private Media, BelAmi, Lucas Kazan, Factory Video and COLT Studio. The were also the first gay adult company to mount a major advertising campaign on billboards in Toronto, coinciding with the city’s Gay Pride Month celebration in August. Maleflixxx also stepped up its support of industry associations like the FSC and ASACP, hosting fundraisers, making direct donations and encouraging others in the industry to adopt the ASACP’s Restricted To Adult (RTA) label.”

MICHAEL LUCAS: “This irrepressible gay adult star was at his audacious best in 2007, even as he faced trademark and copyright infringement claims from International Media Films over his movie MICHAEL LUCAS’ LA DOLCE VITA. Anyone comparing his LA DOLCE VITA with the 1960 Federico Fellini film of the same name ‘would hardly confuse me with Marcello Mastroianni,’ Lucas said…”

TITAN MEDIA: “In a year in which content theft and copyright violation were on the minds of many in the industry, gay content studio Titan Media was among the most active in terms of enforcing its intellectual property rights. Titan announced in January that it was pulling its content from NakedSword, citing a conflict of interest because of an ongoing legal action against AEBN, with whom NakedSword had recently merged (Titan and NakedSword later were ‘reunited’ in a VOD deal struck in June). In February, U.S. Marshals raided two New York video stores following a successful lawsuit initiated by Titan and several other studios. Finally, in October, Titan filed suit against Gilbert Michael Gonzales and 21 John Doe defendants for copyright infringement.”

Source: “XBIZ World’s Top 100 Newsmakers of 2007″