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Steve Hager out - again - as editor of 'High Times' |
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High Times editor-in-chief Steve Hager has been placed on
leave. He was told to vacate his office for the next two months as the
magazine's parent company Trans High Corp. decides how to proceed. It's
the fourth time Hager has been dispatched from the EIC post.
Reasons for the change range from overspending to disagreements with publisher Mary McEvoy to general staff discontent with Hager's editorial practices and judgement.
Hager, who regularly debates former DEA agent Robert Stutman at college campuses, is described on the Wolfman Productions website as follows:
"Hager became editor-in-chief of High Times in 1988. That same year, he founded the Cannabis Cup, the 'Academy Awards of Marijuana,' and became a leading figure in the hemp legalization movement by creating the first national Hemp Tour. In 1997, Hager left his post as editor of High Times to concentrate on creating new events for High Times, while also studying low-budget video production, so these events could be properly documented. He returned to High Times as editor-in-chief in 1998, and was replaced six years later as the magazine made an ill-fated attempt to change its direction. He returned as editor in 2006."
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