Marijuana Business Daily
Marijuana Business Daily (formally knows as MMJ Business Daily) is a Denver, Colorado-based online business news publication for professionals in the medical cannabis industry in the United States. The publication was founded in 2011 by Marijuana Business Media (FKA CannaBusiness Media), a division of Anne Holland Ventures Inc. It is edited by Chris Walsh, the publisher is George Jage and the CEO is Cassandra Farrington.
In November 2012, the publication launched The Marijuana Business Conference & Expo, a national trade show for the legal marijuana industry. The 3rd annual Marijuana Business Conference & Expo will be held in Las Vegas in November 2014.
In March 2013, the publication held a seminar in New York for cannabis entrepreneurs and investors . In April 2014, the publication produced the CannaBusiness Money Show in Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.
In March 2013, the publication also released the first edition of its Marijuana Business Factbook, which projected that US legalized marijuana sales, estimated at roughly $1.2 billion in 2012 would reach $1.5 billion in 2013. In April 2014, the publication released the Marijuana Business Factbook 2014, including financial forecasts showing the legal cannabis industry could grow to $8 billion by 2018.
In September 2013, the publication launched CannaBusiness Magazine, now called Marijuana Business Magazine, the first print trade magazine for US marijuana professionals.