ED Publications currently produces: ED Magazine, the bimonthly news magazine for the owners and operators of adult nightclubs; the Annual ED EXPO, the only national convention for the adult nightclub and feature entertainment industries; and the Annual Adult Nightclub & Exotic Dancer Awards Show (The ED’s Awards), the only national awards show for this industry. ED Publications also operates several industry websites, including ExoticDancer.com, and digital.edpublications.com, which features online editions of the magazine. The company and its convention, established by the late Don Waitt, published its first magazine—the EXOTIC DANCER Directory, which listed hundreds of adult nightclubs across America and around the world—in 1991. Two years later, in 1993, ED Publications established the Annual Gentlemen’s Club EXPO, a national gathering of adult nightclub owners, exotic entertainers, vendors and industry professionals.

ED Magazine has been the bimonthly industry trade magazine for the multi-billion-dollar adult nightclub industry since 1996 (although ED Publications as an annual guide has been in business since 1991). ED Magazine is mailed to the owners and operators of more than 1500 adult nightclubs in North America—and is also mailed to over 1,000 more vendors and industry professionals. The magazine is the only news and reference source for the decision-makers and buyers at gentlemen’s clubs. The growth and success of our publication has kept pace with the phenomenal growth and success of these clubs over the past three decades, as they have gone from the strip clubs of old to today’s high-dollar, white-collar gentlemen’s clubs. Each issue of ED Magazine is packed with legal, marketing, management, staff training and vendor relations news designed with but one goal in mind—to increase business for gentlemen’s club owners by providing them with how-to tips and access to the vendors and industry pros whose products and services can help them increase their profits.

First held in 1993, the Annual ED EXPO (formerly known as the Gentlemen’s Club EXPO) is the only B2B convention in the world for those who make their living in the billion-dollar adult nightclub industry. This includes club owners, operators, entertainers, DJs, bartenders, servers, club staff and other industry professionals. The EXPO is held annually and features a four-day agenda that includes educational and motivational seminars, a two-day B2B Tradeshow, networking events, exclusive evening parties and the Annual ED “Honors” Awards Show. Admission is strictly limited to individuals who work in this industry or companies that have products/services that are being marketed toward adult clubs.

It’s big business, and it’s a business that ED Publications has served, and will continue to serve, in a big way.