The iconic marijuana mag maneuvered to buy a Union Square dispensary. When High Times announced an $80 million deal April 28 to buy more than a dozen California cannabis dispensaries, the storied stoner brand called out one location in particular: the emerald jewel of the acquisition spree was to be a ritzy shop in San […]
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High Times Acquires DOPE Magazine, Localizing West Coast Advertising Opportunities
PRESS RELEASE Cannabis’ Title Brand Further Expands its Media Empire, Acquires Expert Team LOS ANGELES — Sept. 25 — High Times, the most-recognized brand in Cannabis, announced today the acquisition of DOPE Media, Inc. a leading integrated cannabis consumer lifestyle company. The latest in a year full of media acquisitions, the 45-year-old institution picked up […]
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America
Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable socio-political changes underway first at the state, and soon, federal level regarding cannabis policy. […]
Cannabis Cup: Sacramento Hosts First Legal Marijuana Festival In California
A cloud of smoke hung over Cal Expo Friday afternoon as thousands gathered for the High Times Cannabis Cup, the first permitted event in California to allow recreational use of marijuana. Organizers expected upwards of 15,000 people over the course of the two-day festival, which boasts musical performances from acclaimed artists, including Lauryn Hill, Lil Wayne, […]
A Renaissance Man in Farmer’s Clothes: CannaSol Farms’ Craft Producer
Every once in a while, you run into somebody that strikes you as a kindred spirit. When I met Jeremy Moberg, CEO of CannaSol Farms, at the Cova booth at MJBiz last November in Las Vegas, there was an instant bond. He came off as a straight shooting, down to earth guy that had been an […]
Michael J. Kennedy, Lawyer for Underdogs, Pariahs and owner of High Times, Dies at 78
Michael J. Kennedy, who as a criminal lawyer championed lost causes and deeply unpopular defendants — including John Gotti Sr., Huey P. Newton and Timothy Leary — and finally won freedom for Jean S. Harris, the convicted killer of Dr. Herman Tarnower, the Scarsdale Diet doctor, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 78. The […]