Rolling Stone

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Typemagazine
Founder(s)Jann Wenner,  Ralph J. Gleason
Founded1967
Author(s)
Magazine with some independent reporting.

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its coverage of rock music and for political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music.[1] It has since returned to its traditional mix of content, including music, entertainment, and politics.

The first magazine was released in 1967 and featured John Lennon on the cover and was published every two weeks. It is known for provocative photography and its cover photos, featuring musicians, politicians, athletes, and actors. In addition to its print version in the United States, it publishes content through Rollingstone.com and numerous international editions.

Per 2021, Penske Media Corporation is owner of Rolling Stone, purchasing 51 percent of the magazine in 2017 and the remaining 49 percent in 2019.

The Wikileaks Mole

The 16 January 2014 issue of Rolling Stone magazine published a biography of Sigi Thordarson entitled "The WikiLeaks Mole – How a teenage misfit became the keeper of Julian Assange’s deepest secrets – only to betray him."[2]

Important journalists

In popular culture

In Stephen King's novel, Firestarter, the protagonists decide to tell their story to Rolling Stone because it would have been intercepted and stopped by government networks in any other US news outlet (i.e. it was then an independent media outlet, which is not the case today).

 

Documents sourced from Rolling Stone

TitleTypeSubject(s)Publication dateAuthor(s)
Document:The Man Who Sold the WarWikispooks PageOperation Mass Appeal
John Rendon
Rendon Group
2003 Iraq War
United States invasion of Panama
Judith Miller
Adnan Ihsan Saeed al-Haideri
17 November 2005James Bamford
File:Dereliction of Duty II.pdfreportAfghanistan/2001 Invasion27 January 2012Daniel Davis
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