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Emerald Intel Acquires Cannabiz Media: Uniting Two Leaders in Cannabis Market Intelligence
Emerald Intel has acquired Cannabiz Media, uniting two of the cannabis industry’s leading data and intelligence providers. This acquisition brings together Emerald Intel’s global license, compliance, and sales data with Cannabiz Media’s robust database of licensed businesses and key decision-makers. The result is the most comprehensive, reliable, and actionable view of the licensed cannabis market—empowering sales, marketing, finance, and compliance teams to make smarter, data-driven decisions.
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State News
Controversy Surrounds Marijuana Licensing in Pennsylvania and Florida
Controversy isn’t new when it comes to granting marijuana licenses to cultivators, processors, and dispensaries in states that have approved medical marijuana. This month, controversy broke out in Pennsylvania and Florida where questions ...
Marketing
Why Comprehensive Trademark Searches Matter to Marijuana Businesses
The value of a marijuana license increases significantly if the business using the license has invested in building a scalable brand. That means the business must have a brand that can be protected and exploited based on trademark laws.
Industry News
Recreational Marijuana Pushes the Value of Marijuana Licenses Even Higher
How much is a marijuana license worth? For anyone who wants to get into the business of growing, processing, or dispensing marijuana, a license could be worth millions of dollars. In fact, marijuana license sales in 2017 show their value keeps getting even higher.
Marketing
Marijuana Advertising Rules: Challenging but Not Insurmountable
Marijuana-related businesses have a problem. It’s extremely challenging to market and advertise their products and services because marijuana is still considered a Schedule 1 drug. In other words, advertising products and services ...
Industry News
State News
Finance
Canadian Investors Know the Value of a Marijuana Business is in the License
A significant part of the value of a marijuana business is its marijuana license. This is a fact that Canadian investors and companies understand, and it’s prompting many of them to invest tens of millions of dollars into U.S. marijuana businesses.
Company News
Marijuana License Application Updates Captured in the Cannabiz Database
The year is only half over, and already, there have been so many changes in the marijuana economy. Many of these changes are a direct result of the November 2016 election when residents in many states voted to approve or enhance ...
Industry News
Transparency is Not the Norm among Pennsylvania Marijuana License Applicants
Transparency in the marijuana industry is essential for growth and to remove any stigmas associated with it. However, transparency is not the norm among Pennsylvania marijuana license applicants. Recently, Reading Eagle investigative journalist Nicole ...
Industry News
Marijuana Industry Trends You Might Not Know About in 2017
Last month, I traveled to Pueblo, Colorado to present at the inaugural Institute of Cannabis Research Conference at Colorado State University-Pueblo. This new event was hosted by the recently launched research institute, which is funded by ...
Company News
Cannabiz Media Update - May 2017
It's an exciting time in the marijuana industry and at Cannabiz Media. As we near the halfway point of 2017, it seems like the perfect time to update you on our accomplishments over the past few months and share with you our vision for this year and beyond.
State News
Florida Marijuana Licenses Could Get More Valuable
Last week, the Florida House of Representatives approved its version of the state’s medical marijuana bill (HB 1397) by a 105 to 9 vote. Now, it goes to the Senate, but it’s possible that the Senate could make additional changes and send it back to the House.