Tim Stokely: Last News

A model who runs an OnlyFans page has revealed the abuse she has suffered after sharing 'raunchy photos' on the site. Lana started her page last month and has received derogatory messages from men, including one who called her a 'desperate w****'.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor As the deadline nears for TikTok‘s Chinese parent to cut a deal to divest controlling ownership of the app or face a U.S. ban, new bidders are coming out of the woodwork. Among the interested investors in TikTok is Tim Stokely, founder of OnlyFans — the opt-in social media platform known for hosting sexually explicit content.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor OnlyFans announced that Keily Blair, the company’s chief strategy and operations officer, has been promoted to CEO of the porn-friendly creator-subscription platform that has been trying to branch out into conventional entertainment sectors. Blair will succeed Amrapali “Ami” Gan, who is stepping down to pursue new endeavors, according to OnlyFans. During Gan’s tenure as CEO, from December 2021 to June 2023, the U.K.-based company saw its global user base increase to more than 220 million fans and over 3 million creators and reach the milestone of $10 billion paid to creators. Gan had assumed the role after the resignation of OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Business boomed last year for OnlyFans, the social media site that has become an established home for creators selling sexually explicit content and engaging privately with followers. The U.K.-based company on Thursday announced financial results for the year ended Nov. 30, 2021. OnlyFans’ net revenue grew 160%, to $932 million, and the company had pre-tax profits of $433 million (up from $61 million in 2020), its biggest yearly growth in profits. OnlyFans creators earned $3.86 billion in 2021, an increase of 115% from the year prior, bringing the company’s payments to creators to more than $8 billion since its 2016 founding. Gross revenue (i.e., fan payments net of taxes) also more than doubled, to $4.8 billion, for the year ended November 2021.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe founder and CEO of OnlyFans, the social site whose user and revenue growth boomed thanks to X-rated content, said the company would “absolutely” welcome pornographic material back on the site — but that for now, OnlyFans is at the mercy of banks that refuse to do business with it.OnlyFans founder and chief exec Tim Stokely placed the blame for the U.K. company’s move to ban sexually explicit content as of Oct.