WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — It’s been nearly five years since JASON SECHREST created the web’s first straight and gay news/gossip site, JasonCurious.com, and with this week’s launch of version 3.0, he goes back to basics, returning to what he felt made the site a success in the first place. SECHREST’s two columns, “Jason’s News Desk” and “Jason’s Diary” are now back to daily updates, featuring free photos and video for the first time in the site’s history.

“When I started writing gossip columns for porn sites in 1998, my idol was LIZ SMITH,” says SECHREST. “I still love and have a great deal of respect for the bitch, but these days I’m not sure how she stays in business. With the onslaught of bloggers like PEREZ HILTON and THE DEFAMER, if you’re limited to print, you have 24 hours for someone to scoop you before your stories get published. I found myself under the same gun over the past year and so the column lost its energy. It lost its spontaneity. Both columns are now in blog format so that I can post the stories as I hear them, along with a lot of free content for my readers. They’ve been loyal and kept food on my table for what, five years now? It’s about time they get some free shit.”

Meanwhile, the site’s exclusive live sex show, “JC TV Live,” is upping the anti as well, going from solo shows to duo shows, as often as once a week, beginning with bisexual couple HOLLY HALSTON and TROY HALSTON performing and chatting live for their fans this Thursday, October 12th at 6:00 pm (PT). The site has also added a third video on-demand door to its JC Theatre courtesy Male Flixxx so that his readers can watch movies from companies like Big Blue Productions and Raging Stallion for the first time. JasonCurious.com has won six awards since its debut and was recently nominated for a 2006 Cybersocket Award. Last year, Unzipped magazine crowned him on their cover with the title, “The Oprah of Porn.”