Can Cannabis Get Even More Social?
Cannabis has always had it tough when it comes to marketing. Part of it is simple logistics. A DTC playbook, heavily contingent […]
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Wrigley chewing gum heir to take cannabis MSO Parallel public via $1.9 billion deal
Chewing gum heir William “Beau” Wrigley Jr., the CEO of Atlanta-based Parallel, struck a mammoth deal with an entertainment mogul to take […]
Cannabis firm Weedmaps, California vape shop sued over fatal shooting
Online cannabis advertising platform Weedmaps and a Southern California vape shop have been targeted with a wrongful death lawsuit in civil court […]
Cannabis firm Weedmaps aims for 175% revenue growth via higher ad prices, wider footprint
Cannabis advertising giant Weedmaps hopes to boost its revenue over the next three years by a whopping 175% – and investors are […]
As more marijuana firms go public, feds urge SPACs to beef up disclosures
U.S. securities regulators are urging special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, to strengthen disclosures related to potential conflicts of interest, compensation incentives […]
SPACs pump hundreds of millions of dollars into US cannabis industry through acquisitions
Two cannabis special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. and Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp., recently announced deals worth more than […]
Weedmaps investor document notes federal probe into cannabis businesses is ‘unresolved’
In an investor presentation filed this week with U.S. securities regulators, the parent company of Weedmaps disclosed that a federal investigation into […]
Cannabis advertising platform Weedmaps going public with $1.5 billion valuation
Weedmaps, the oft-controversial but ever-successful cannabis advertising giant, is going public through a deal that values the company produced through the transaction […]
Sweeping Weedmaps subpoena underscores US government’s continued scrutiny of marijuana industry
When the U.S. marijuana industry learned of a federal grand jury subpoena served to Weedmaps owner Ghost Management Group, the news was […]