Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who’s contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Rolling Stone:
Watch as Charlie Rose casually drops Vanity Fair bigwig Graydon Carter and Rolling Stone honcho Jann Wenner, “What’s this story that, uh… Conde Nast wants to buy Rolling Stone?” into a conversation about Hunter S. Thompson. More »
This morning, MSNBC printed the names of several journalists who have donated money to political campaigns, including staffers at Rolling Stone and MTV. And after being contacted by the site for a comment, one of the lucky listees didn’t take too kindly to making the cut:
(D) MTV News, Gideon Yago, “Choose or Lose” presidential correspondent, $200 to Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark in January 2004; $500 to America Coming Together, which campaigned against President Bush, in September 2004; $250 to the Democratic National Committee in September 2004; $250 to VoteVets, which is running ads against the president’s handling of the war, in March 2006, and $250 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in October 2006. He said he is no longer at MTV News.
Jann WennerSpecial Guest (Comedy Central) In this clip from last night’s episode of The Colbert Report, Jann Wenner shows up to plug the fortieth-anniversary issue of Rolling Stone. More »
– Is Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner cheating on his partner–the one he met while cheating on his wife–with another man? [Page Six] – Britney Spears has landed a lead role in New Line Cinema’s long-delayed adaptation of Dave Eggers’ A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius. Just kidding! More »
