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Rolling Stone 
30 posts and columns on Rolling Stone
Marissa Mayer Makes a Media Deal
The new Yahoo boss gets content from Wenner Media’s Us Weekly and Rolling Stone — a deal that dates back to the Ross Levinsohn era.
Julian Assange on Anonymous
This was a very apolitical group that had absolutely no understanding about the military-industrial complex whatsoever, and no understanding about international finance. As a result of joining our battle and trying to protect themselves, they have come to see that the threats related to Internet freedom come from the military-industrial complex, the banking system and the media.
– Julian Assange, in Rolling Stone, referring to Anonymous
Wenner Media Digital Boss Michael Bloom Leaves After Six Months
Bloom joined the publisher, which owns Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, and Men’s Journal, in May. Friday afternoon he sent out a memo announcing his departure.
Why Rolling Stone’s Cover Won’t Be on an iPad Anytime Soon
I don’t think that gives you much advantage as a magazine reader to read it on the tablet — in fact less so. It’s a little more difficult. From the publisher’s point of view I would think they’re crazy to encourage it.
Digital unenthusiast Jann Wenner, explaining why he’s not rushing to create special versions of his magazines — US Weekly, Men’s Journal and Rolling Stone — for the iPad or any other tablet. Well worth reading the entire interview in AdAge.
Yahoo's Shine Editor-in-Chief Departs for Condé Nast's Lucky Magazine
As Yahoo seeks to sort out its women’s strategy online, Brandon Holley–the editor-in-chief of its main women-focused site, Shine–is leaving for a job with the same title at Condé Nast’s Lucky magazine.
Weekend Update 04.24.10–The Maltese Falcon Edition
The major story that unfolded in Silicon Valley this third week in April was fit for the silver screen. The divine screenwriter collected a cast featuring Baron VonJobs, Denton and his Gizmodo goons, and one well meaning–if tragically unlucky–software developer. Laws may have been violated, bribes were paid, and all over the seemingly golden prize that, let’s face it, we all would have seen in eight weeks anyway.
Rolling Stone’s New Song: Money
Rolling Stone magazine, which has more or less slept through the Web era, is finally waking up. A new site launches today, along with a new strategy: Online subscriptions.
Twones May Be a Legal Hype Machine. But It’s No Hype Machine.
If you want to make a great music service, you either need to spend yourself into oblivion or risk lawsuits that will do the same thing. Twones has a clever idea to avoid both fates, but its service suffers as a result.
Sue or Sign: EMI Trades Lawsuit for Deal With Music Start-Up Grooveshark
Well look at that: EMI Music Group, which had been working on a licensing deal with music start-up Grooveshark but ended up suing it instead, now has a licensing deal with Grooveshark after all.
Rolling Stone’s Web Failure Wasn’t So Shabby, After All. But Now What?
Conventional wisdom of the day: Magazine mogul Jann Wenner, the man who made his mark with Rolling Stone in the 60s and 70s, and then again with US Weekly in this decade, has blown it on the Web. And now it’s too late for him to catch up. And who knows? It may even be true. But here’s one bit of nuance to chew on: Magazine mogul Jann Wenner has made money–as in, a profit–on the Web for the last five years.