PRESS RELEASE
Three new editors hired to accommodate rapid growth.
CLEVELAND, OH — Due to the continued expansion of Cannabis Business Times magazine and the Cannabis Cultivation Conference, and with the November 2017 launch of Cannabis Dispensary magazine, as well as the rapid growth of the Cannabis Group’s websites and other digital products, parent company GIE Media Inc. is announcing the addition of several editors to help support the further development of the brands.
Scott Guthrie joined the Cannabis Group at GIE Media Inc. in September 2017 as senior editor to help direct the launch and 
continued editorial direction of Cannabis Dispensary magazine, CannabisDispensaryMag.com and other related digital products. He is also tasked with contributing to the editorial direction and content of Cannabis Business Times, CannabisBusinessTimes.com and the Cannabis Cultivation Conference.
Guthrie obtained his master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern and worked in digital media for the U.S. Olympic Committee, where he helped cover the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Prior to transitioning to media, he led a team of account analysts at JP Morgan.
Eric Sandy joined GIE Media’s Cannabis Group Jan. 8 as digital editor, responsible for the further development of the group’s websites, as well as all related digital products and social media channels. He also will oversee the group’s digital team.
Melissa Schiller joined the Cannabis Group as assistant digital editor in August 2017. Schiller is responsible for further developing CannabisBusinessTimes.com’s editorial coverage, as well as contributing to the brand’s other digital products and working to share breaking news from the cannabis cultivation industry with the publication’s social media audiences.
Previously, Schiller worked as an audience development associate for GIE Media’s Ornamental Group of publications, where she managed the circulation for Cannabis Business Times, Garden Center, Nursery Management, and Greenhouse Management magazines. She also has worked as a contributing writer and editorial assistant for a community newspaper and as a freelance writer for Northeast Ohio Media Group and Modern Tire Dealer. Schiller is a graduate of Hiram College with a bachelor’s degree in creative writing.
“We are pleased to announce the expansion of the Cannabis Group’s editorial team to support the continued growth of the brands,” said GIE Media Group Publisher Jim Gilbride. “We look forward to Scott, Eric and Melissa’s ongoing contributions to further the success and development of the publications, the Cannabis Cultivation Conference, and the websites and enewsletters.”
“It took us some time to find the best candidates to join the Cannabis Group editorial team, but the wait was well worth it as we have brought on extremely talented editors that will help advance our editorial mission to provide news and actionable intelligence to cannabis cultivators and dispensaries in North America,” said Editorial Director and Cannabis Business Times Co-founder Noelle Skodzinski. “The growth we have seen since the Cannabis Business Times launch in 2014 has been astounding, and we are now equipped with a team of editors with extensive experience to help us continue to grow and best serve our audiences.”
The additional staff will report to Skodzinski, who was promoted to Editorial Director of the Cannabis Group in December 2017, and joins Cannabis Group Managing Editor Cassie Neiden and Associate Editor Brian MacIver.
ABOUT GIE MEDIA INC.
GIE Media Inc. is a leading marketing and communications business media company with 37 years of publishing experience. The goal of GIE Media is to publish the highest-quality business magazines, multimedia, e-newsletters, conferences, reference books and other forms of business media in growth industries with a quality standard based upon editorial value and market leadership.
ABOUT CANNABIS BUSINESS TIMES
Cannabis Business Times is the industry’s only publication dedicated to the cultivator/grower segment of the $2.7 billion legal cannabis market. Established in 2014 as a website, the Cannabis Business Times brand has quickly become the industry’s business and legislation source. Cannabis Business Times is published monthly, and offers a website, weekly e-newsletter and breaking news alerts.
ABOUT CANNABIS DISPENSARY
Cannabis Dispensary is the industry’s first true B2B publication dedicated entirely to the retail and ancillary business segments of the legal cannabis market. Launched as a print publication and website in November 2017, Cannabis Dispensary is quickly becoming cannabis retailers’ go-to source for business and legislation news. In addition to industry news, Cannabis Dispensary provides dispensary owners/operators with actionable intelligence that they can use to make their businesses stand out in their increasingly competitive state-legal markets. Cannabis Dispensary will be published six times in 2018. To learn more, visit www.cannabisdispensarymag.com
ABOUT CANNABIS CULTIVATION CONFERENCE
Cannabis Cultivation Conference, now in its second year, will be held March 12-14 in Oakland, Calif. In addition to its unique combination of educational programming on both cultivation and business management, it has been developed by cultivators for cultivators.
The conference advisory board is comprised of cultivators and business owners (and those who are both) who were carefully selected for their level of achievement/success, their passion for the plant and vision for the advancement of the professional cannabis cultivation market. The conference also features an exhibit hall of the leading technology and solutions providers in the cannabis cultivation market.
Contact: Irene Sweeney
GIE Media Inc.
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