31 posts and columns on Rolling Stone
Remembering Michael Hastings
I think there’s unprecedented space now in journalism to really say things that you wouldn’t have been able to get in print, or at least a large audience for, even ten years ago.
— Michael Hastings, contributing editor for Rolling Stone and reporter for BuzzFeed, in a 2012 AMA on Reddit. Hastings died in a car crash in L.A. on Tuesday.
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.