Rolling Stone - Wikipedia

American monthly music magazine
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 is described as
left-wing
and
liberal
The magazine was first known for its coverage of
rock music
and political reporting by
Hunter S. Thompson
. In the late 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music.
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 then 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.
The magazine experienced a rapid rise during the 1970s, followed by a sharp decline into financial turmoil in the 21st century,
leading Jann Wenner to sell 49 percent of the magazine to
BandLab Technologies
in 2016 and 51 percent to
Penske Media Corporation
(PMC) in 2017.
PMC eventually acquired the 49 percent stake from BandLab Technologies in 2019, giving it full ownership of the magazine.
1967–1979: Founding and early history
edit
Rolling Stone
was founded in
San Francisco
in 1967 by
Jann Wenner
and
Ralph J. Gleason
To pay for the setup costs, Wenner borrowed $7,500 (equivalent to $72,000 in 2025
) from his family and the parents of his soon-to-be wife, Jane Schindelheim.
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The first issue was released on November 9, 1967, and featured
John Lennon
in costume, wearing a
Brodie helmet
for the film
How I Won the War
on the cover. It was in
tabloid
-sized
pulp
newsprint
format, with a lead article on the
Monterey International Pop Festival
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The cover price was 25¢ (equivalent to $2.27 in 2023) and it was published
bi-weekly
In the first issue,
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Wenner explained the magazine's title and mission:
You're probably wondering what we're trying to do. It's hard to say: sort of a magazine and sort of a newspaper. The name of it is
Rolling Stone
, which comes from an old saying, "
A rolling stone gathers no moss
."
Muddy Waters
used the name for a
song he wrote
The Rolling Stones
took their name from Muddy's song.
Like a Rolling Stone
was the title of
Bob Dylan
's first rock and roll record. We have begun a new publication reflecting what we see are the changes in rock and roll and the changes related to rock and roll.
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Some authors have attributed the name solely to Dylan's hit single: "At [Ralph] Gleason's suggestion, Wenner named his magazine after a Bob Dylan song."
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Rolling Stone
initially identified with and reported on the
hippie
counterculture
of
the era
. It distanced itself, however, from the underground newspapers of the time, such as the
Berkeley Barb
, embracing more traditional journalistic standards and avoiding the radical politics of the
underground press
. In the first edition, Wenner wrote that
Rolling Stone
"is not just about the music, but about the things and attitudes that music embraces".
16
In a 2017 article celebrating the publication's 50th anniversary,
Rolling Stone
David Browne
stated that the magazine's name was a nod to the Rolling Stones in an addition to "Rollin' Stone" and "Like a Rolling Stone".
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The magazine's long-running slogan, "All the news that fits", was provided by early contributor, manager, and sometime editor
Susan Lydon
. She lifted it from an
April Fools
issue of the
Columbia Daily Spectator
which posted "All the news that fits we print", a parody of
The New York Times
slogan, "
All The News That's Fit To Print
".
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The first appearance of the rubric was in 1969.
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In the 1970s,
Rolling Stone
began to make a mark with its political coverage, with the likes of
gonzo
journalist
Hunter S. Thompson
writing for the magazine's political section. Thompson first published his most famous work,
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
(1971), within the pages of
Rolling Stone
, where he remained a contributing editor until his death in 2005.
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In the 1970s, the magazine also helped launch the careers of many prominent authors, including
Cameron Crowe
Lester Bangs
Joe Klein
Joe Eszterhas
Ben Fong-Torres
Patti Smith
and
P. J. O'Rourke
. It was at this point that the magazine ran some of its most famous stories. The January 21, 1970 issue covered the
Altamont Free Concert
and the
killing of Meredith Hunter
, which won a
Specialized Journalism
award at the
National Magazine Awards
in 1971.
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Later in 1970,
Rolling Stone
published a 30,000-word feature on
Charles Manson
by
David Dalton
and David Felton, including their interview of Manson when he was in the L.A. County Jail awaiting trial, which won
Rolling Stone
its first National Magazine Award.
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Four years later, they also covered the
Patty Hearst
abduction odyssey. One interviewer, speaking for many of his peers, said that he bought his first copy of the magazine upon initial arrival on his college campus, describing it as a "
rite of passage
".
In 1972, Wenner assigned
Tom Wolfe
to cover the launch of
NASA
's last Moon mission,
Apollo 17
. He published a four-part series in 1973 titled "Post-Orbital Remorse", about the depression that some astronauts experienced after having been in space. After the series, Wolfe began researching the whole of the space program, in what became a seven-year project from which he took time to write
The Painted Word
(1975), a book on art, and to complete
Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine
(1976), a collection of shorter pieces
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and eventually
The Right Stuff
(1979).
The magazine began running the photographs of
Annie Leibovitz
in 1970. In 1973, she became its chief photographer, and her images appeared on more than 140 covers.
Rolling Stone
recruited writers from smaller music magazines, including
Paul Nelson
from
Sing Out!
, who became record reviews editor from 1978 to 1983, and
Dave Marsh
from
Creem
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In 1977, the magazine moved its headquarters from
San Francisco
to
New York City
. Editor
Jann Wenner
said that San Francisco had become "a cultural backwater".
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1980–1999: Change to entertainment magazine
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Kurt Loder
joined
Rolling Stone
in May 1979 and spent nine years there, including as editor.
Timothy White
joined as a writer from
Crawdaddy
and
David Fricke
from
Musician
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Tom Wolfe wrote to Wenner to propose an idea drawn from
Charles Dickens
and
William Makepeace Thackeray
: to serialize a novel. Wenner offered Wolfe around $200,000 to serialize his work.
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The frequent deadline pressure gave Wolfe the motivation he had sought, and from July 1984 to August 1985, he published a new installment in each biweekly issue of
Rolling Stone
. Later Wolfe was unhappy with his "very public first draft"
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and thoroughly revised his work, even changing his protagonist, Sherman McCoy, and published it as
The Bonfire of the Vanities
in 1987.
Rolling Stone
was known for its musical coverage and for Thompson's political reporting and in 1985, they hired an advertising agency to refocus its image under the series "Perception/Reality" comparing Sixties symbols to those of the Eighties, which led to an increase in advertising revenue and pages.
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It also shifted to more of an entertainment magazine in the 1980s. It still had music as the main topic but began to increase its coverage of celebrities, films, and pop culture. It also began releasing its annual "Hot Issue".
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In the 1990s, the magazine changed its format to appeal to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. This led to criticism that the magazine was emphasizing style over substance.
2000–2015: Expansion of readership
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Rolling Stone
cover from 2004
After years of declining readership, the magazine experienced a major resurgence of interest and relevance with the work of two young journalists in the late 2000s,
Michael Hastings
and
Matt Taibbi
citation needed
Rob Sheffield
also joined from
Spin
24
In 2005,
Dana Leslie Fields
, former publisher of
Rolling Stone
, who had worked at the magazine for 17 years, was an inaugural inductee into the Magazine Hall of Fame.
30
In 2009, Taibbi unleashed an acclaimed series of scathing reports on the financial meltdown of the time. He famously described
Goldman Sachs
as "a great
vampire squid
".
31
In December 2009, the
Los Angeles Times
reported that the owners of
Rolling Stone
magazine planned to open a
Rolling Stone
restaurant in the
Hollywood & Highland Center
in
Hollywood
in the spring of 2010.
32
The expectation was that the restaurant could become the first of a national chain if it was successful.
33
As of November 2010, the "soft opening" of the restaurant was planned for December 2010.
34
In 2011, the restaurant was open for lunch and dinner as well as a full night club downstairs on the weekends.
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The restaurant closed in February 2013.
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Bigger headlines came at the end of June 2010.
Rolling Stone
caused a controversy in the
White House
by publishing in the July issue an article by journalist
Michael Hastings
entitled "The Runaway General",
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quoting criticism by General
Stanley A. McChrystal
, commander of the
International Security Assistance Force
and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan commander, about Vice President
Joe Biden
and other Administration members of the White House. McChrystal resigned from his position shortly after his statements went public.
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In 2010, Taibbi documented illegal and fraudulent actions by banks in the foreclosure courts, after traveling to
Jacksonville
, Florida and sitting in on hearings in the courtroom. His article, "Invasion of the Home Snatchers", also documented attempts by the judge to intimidate a homeowner fighting foreclosure and the attorney Taibbi accompanied into the court.
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In January 2012, the magazine ran exclusive excerpts from Hastings' book just prior to publication.
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The book,
The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan
, provided a much more expansive look at McChrystal and the culture of senior American military and how they become embroiled in such wars. The book reached
Amazon.com
's bestseller list in the first 48 hours of release, and it received generally favorable reviews.
Salon
Glenn Greenwald
described it as "superb", "brave" and "eye-opening".
45
In 2012, Taibbi, through his coverage of the
Libor scandal
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emerged as an expert on that topic, which led to media appearances outside
Rolling Stone
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On November 9, 2012, the magazine published its first Spanish-language section on Latino music and culture, in the issue dated November 22.
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2016–present: New ownership
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In September 2016,
Advertising Age
reported that Wenner was in the process of selling a 49% stake of the magazine to a company from Singapore called
BandLab Technologies
. The new investor had no direct involvement in the editorial content of the magazine.
51
In September 2017, Wenner Media announced that the remaining 51% of
Rolling Stone
magazine was up for sale.
52
In December 2017,
Penske Media
acquired the remaining stake from Wenner Media.
It became a monthly magazine from the July 2018 issue. On January 31, 2019, Penske acquired BandLab's 49% stake in
Rolling Stone
, gaining full ownership of the magazine.
53
In January 2021, a Chinese edition of the magazine was launched,
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while in September 2021,
Rolling Stone
launched a dedicated UK edition in conjunction with
Attitude magazine
publisher Stream Publishing.
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The new British
Rolling Stone
launched into a marketplace which already featured titles like
Mojo
and BandLab Technologies's monthly music magazine
Uncut
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The first issue had a choice of three cover stars (including music acts Bastille and Sam Fender, as well as
No Time To Die
actor Lashana Lynch), with the magazine due to be a bi-monthly publication.
In February 2022, Rolling Stone announced the acquisition of
Life Is Beautiful
, saying, "Live events are an integral part of Rolling Stone's future."
59
In 2023
Rolling Stone
was nominated for its first-ever
Emmy award
in the "Outstanding Interactive Media" category for its investigation into "The DJ and the War Crimes".
60
The piece also won a
National Magazine Award
for digital design
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and an Overseas Press Club Award.
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In December 2023
Rolling Stone
collected five National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards,
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four Front Page Awards,
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and a Deadline Club award.
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In August 2025,
Rolling Stone
named Sean Woods and
Shirley Halperin
as co-editors in chief, with Halperin also becoming the magazine's head of music. Halperin is
Rolling Stone'
s first female editor-in-chief.
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Some artists have been featured on the cover many times, and some of these pictures went on to become iconic.
The Beatles
, for example, have appeared on the cover more than 30 times, either individually or as a band.
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The magazine is known for provocative photography and has featured musicians and celebrities on the cover throughout its history.
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The cover of the issue from January 22, 1981, featuring John Lennon and
Yoko Ono
, has been called the "Greatest
Rolling Stone
Cover Ever" by
Vanity Fair
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The first ten issues featured, in order of appearance:
John Lennon
Tina Turner
The Beatles
Jimi Hendrix
Donovan
and
Otis Redding
Jim Morrison
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Monterey International Pop Festival
John Lennon and
Paul McCartney
Eric Clapton
The magazine spent $1 million (equivalent to $1.6 million in 2025) on the 3-D
hologram
cover of the special 1,000th issue (May 18, 2006) displaying multiple celebrities and other personalities.
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The printed format has gone through several changes. The first publications, in 1967 to 1972, were in folded
tabloid newspaper format
, with no staples, only black ink text, and a single color highlight that changed each edition. From 1973 onwards, editions were produced on a four-color press with a different newsprint paper size. In 1979, the bar code appeared. In 1980, it became a gloss-paper, large-format (10 × 12 inch) magazine. Editions switched to the standard 8 × 11 inch magazine size starting on October 30, 2008.
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Starting with the new monthly July 2018 issue, it returned to the previous 10 × 12 inch large format.
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In June 2024, the magazine was redesigned with new exclusive fonts and a grittier paper stock.
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The publication's site at one time had an extensive message-board forum. By the late 1990s, this had developed into a thriving community, with many regular members and contributors worldwide. However, the site was also plagued with numerous
Internet trolls
, who vandalized the forum substantially.
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The magazine abruptly deleted the forum in May 2004, then began a new, much more limited message board community on their site in late 2005, only to remove it again in 2006. In March 2008, the website started a new message board section once again, then deleted it in April 2010.
Rolling Stone
devotes one of its table of contents pages to promoting material currently appearing on its website, listing detailed links to the items.
On April 19, 2010, the website underwent a redesign and began featuring the complete archives of
Rolling Stone
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The archive was first launched under a for-pay model, but has since transitioned to a free-with-print-subscription model.
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In the spring of 2012,
Rolling Stone
launched a
federated search
feature, which searches both the website and the archive.
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The website has become an interactive source of biographical information on music artists in addition to historical rankings from the magazine. Users can cross-reference lists and they are also provided with historical insights. For example, one group that is listed on both
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
and
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
is
Toots and the Maytals
, with biographical details that explain how the band coined the term "
reggae
" in their song "
Do the Reggay
".
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For biographical information on all artists, the website contains a directory listed alphabetically.
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In May 2016, Wenner Media announced plans to create a separate online publication dedicated to the coverage of video games and video game culture.
Gus Wenner
, Jann Wenner's son and head of digital for the publication at the time, told
The New York Times
that "gaming is today what rock 'n' roll was when
Rolling Stone
was founded".
Glixel
was originally hosted on
Rolling Stone
s website, and transitioned to its own domain by October 2016. Stories from
Glixel
are included on the
Rolling Stone
website, while writers for
Rolling Stone
were also able to contribute to
Glixel
. The site was headed by John Davison, and its offices were located in San Francisco.
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In June 2017,
Rolling Stone
closed down the
Glixel
offices and fired the entire staff, citing the difficulties of working with the remote site from their main New York office.
Brian Crecente
, founder of
Kotaku
and co-founder of
Polygon
, was hired as editorial director, and ran the site from the main New York office.
85
Following the sale of
Rolling Stone
s assets to
Penske Media Corporation
, the
Glixel
content was merged into the routine publishing of
Variety
, with Crecente remaining as editorial director.
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Political alignment
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In 2017, Graham Ruddick of
The Guardian
described
Rolling Stone
as a "rock'n'roll magazine turned
liberal
cheerleader".
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Bruce Schulman
wrote in
The Washington Post
that
Rolling Stone
has "routinely support[ed] liberal candidates and causes" since the 1990s.
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In 2008, conservative columnist
Jonah Goldberg
stated that
Rolling Stone
had "essentially become the house organ of the
Democratic National Committee
".
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Rolling Stone
editor Jann Wenner has made all of his political donations to
Democrats
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and has conducted high-profile interviews for the magazine with Presidents
Bill Clinton
and
Barack Obama
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Rolling Stone
endorsed Democratic candidate
Hillary Clinton
in the run-up for the
2016 U.S. presidential election
91
Rolling Stone
has criticized
Republican
Presidents
George W. Bush
and
Donald Trump
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In 2006, it described Bush as the "worst president in history".
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In August 2017, the cover of the magazine featured Canadian prime minister
Justin Trudeau
of the
Liberal Party of Canada
with the headline "Why can't he be our president?"
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Criticism and controversies
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One major criticism of
Rolling Stone
involves its generational bias toward the 1960s and 1970s. One critic referred to the magazine's "500 Greatest Songs" list as an example of "unrepentant
rockist
fogeyism".
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In further response to this issue, rock critic
Jim DeRogatis
, a former
Rolling Stone
editor, published a thorough critique of the magazine's lists in a book called
Kill Your Idols: A New Generation of Rock Writers Reconsiders the Classics
, which featured differing opinions from many younger critics.
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Rolling Stone
has been criticized for reconsidering many classic albums that it had previously dismissed, and for frequent use of the 3.5-star rating. For example,
Led Zeppelin
was largely written off by
Rolling Stone
critics during the band's most active years in the 1970s, but by 2006, a
cover story
on the band honored them as "the Heaviest Band of All Time".
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A critic for
Slate
magazine described a conference at which 1984's
The Rolling Stone Record Guide
was scrutinized. As he described it, "The guide virtually ignored hip-hop and ruthlessly panned heavy metal, the two genres that within a few years would dominate the pop charts. In an auditorium packed with music journalists, you could detect more than a few anxious titters: How many of us will want our record reviews read back to us 20 years hence?"
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The hiring of former
FHM
editor Ed Needham in 2002 further enraged critics who alleged that
Rolling Stone
had lost its credibility.
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The 2003 "100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time" list, which named only two female musicians, resulted in
Venus Zine
answering with their own list, entitled "The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time".
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Rolling Stone
film critic
Peter Travers
has been criticized for his high number of repetitively used
blurbs
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Homosexual HIV story
edit
In 2003, the article "
Bug Chasers: The men who long to be HIV+
" claimed that homosexuals who intentionally sought to be infected with
HIV
accounted for 25% of new cases each year. However, the physicians cited in the article later denied making such statements.
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Anti-vaccine article
edit
In 2005, the article "
Deadly Immunity
", by
anti-vaccine
activist
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
, attracted criticism for quoting material out of context, and
Rolling Stone
eventually amended the story with corrections in response to these and other criticisms.
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The August 2013
Rolling Stone
cover, featuring then-accused (and later convicted)
Boston Marathon bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
, drew widespread criticism for "glamorizing terrorism", and was called a "slap in the face to the great city of
Boston
".
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The online edition of the article was accompanied by a short editorial stating that the story "falls within the traditions of journalism and
Rolling Stone
s long-standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day".
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The controversial cover photograph that was used by
Rolling Stone
had previously featured on the front page of
The New York Times
on May 5, 2013.
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In response to the outcry, New England–based
CVS Pharmacy
and
Tedeschi Food Shops
banned their stores from carrying the issue.
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They were later joined by
Walgreens
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Rite Aid
Kmart
109
Roche Bros.
Stop & Shop
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H-E-B
Walmart
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7-Eleven
112
Hy-Vee
Rutter's Farm
United Supermarkets
113
Cumberland Farms
Market Basket
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and
Shaw's
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Boston mayor
Thomas Menino
sent a letter to
Rolling Stone
publisher
Jann Wenner
, calling the cover "ill-conceived, at best
[...] [it] reaffirms a message that destruction gains fame for killers and their 'causes'." Menino also wrote, "To respond to you in anger is to feed into your obvious market strategy", and that Wenner could have written about the survivors or the people who came to help after the bombings instead. In conclusion he wrote, "The survivors of the Boston Marathon deserve
Rolling Stone
cover stories, though I no longer feel that
Rolling Stone
deserves them."
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Defamatory false rape story and lawsuit
edit
On November 19, 2014, the magazine ran the story "A Rape on Campus", about an alleged
gang rape
on the campus of the
University of Virginia
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Separate inquiries by
Phi Kappa Psi
, the fraternity accused by
Rolling Stone
of facilitating the alleged rape, and
The Washington Post
revealed major errors, omissions and discrepancies in the story.
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Reporter
Sabrina Erdely
's story was subject to intense media criticism.
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The Washington Post
and
Boston Herald
issued calls for magazine staff involved in the report to be fired.
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Rolling Stone
subsequently issued three apologies for the story.
On December 5, 2014,
Rolling Stone
s managing editor, Will Dana, apologized for not
fact-checking
the story.
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The magazine commissioned an outside investigation of the story and its problems by the dean of the
Columbia School of Journalism
. The report uncovered journalistic failure in the UVA story and institutional problems with reporting at
Rolling Stone
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Rolling Stone
retracted the story on April 5, 2015.
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The next day, following the investigation and retraction of the story, Phi Kappa Psi announced plans to pursue all available legal action against
Rolling Stone
, including claims of
defamation
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On May 12, 2015, UVA associate dean Nicole Eramo, chief administrator for handling sexual assault issues at the school, filed a $7.5 million defamation lawsuit in Charlottesville Circuit Court against
Rolling Stone
and Erdely, claiming damage to her reputation and emotional distress. Said the filing, "
Rolling Stone
and Erdely's highly defamatory and false statements about Dean Eramo were not the result of an innocent mistake. They were the result of a wanton journalist who was more concerned with writing an article that fulfilled her preconceived narrative about the victimization of women on American college campuses, and a malicious publisher who was more concerned about selling magazines to boost the economic bottom line for its faltering magazine, than they were about discovering the truth or actual facts."
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On November 4, 2016, after 20 hours of deliberation,
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a jury consisting of eight women and two men found
Rolling Stone
, the magazine's publisher and Erdely liable for defaming Eramo, and awarded Eramo $3 million.
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On July 29, 2015, three graduates of the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi filed a lawsuit against
Rolling Stone
, its publisher Wenner Media, and a journalist for defamation and infliction of emotional distress.
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The same day, and just months after the controversy began,
The New York Times
reported that managing editor Will Dana was departing the magazine with his last date recorded as August 7, 2015.
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On November 9, 2015, the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity filed suit for $25 million for damages to its reputation caused by the magazine's publication of the story, "with reckless disregard for the truth".
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Rolling Stone
paid the fraternity $1.65 million to settle the suit out of court.
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Ethics controversy over El Chapo interview
edit
In 2016,
Rolling Stone
commissioned
Sean Penn
to write a feature on
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
in what was billed as a landmark story and Guzmán's first-ever interview. Penn met Guzmán, then wanted by Mexican and U.S. authorities, at a jungle hideout for an interview, which was agreed to by Guzmán on the condition he have final editorial control over the article.
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Upon publication, the article, characterized by the
Associated Press
as "long and rambling", was extensively mocked by social media users and prompted a discussion about the magazine's ethical standards.
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Andrew Seaman, chairman of the ethics committee of the Society of Professional Journalists, called the decision to allow a source pre-approval of an article "inexcusable", while the
Poynter Institute
's chief ethicist Kelly McBride opined that the article evidenced several failures of editorial control by
Rolling Stone
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In an interview with
NPR
, Alfredo Corchado, a former
Mexico City
bureau chief for the
Dallas Morning News
, said that pre-approval rights meant the story was not real journalism: "It's business, it's Hollywood. It's more in the lines of what a public relations firm would do."
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Questions also arose as to whether relaxed security procedures by the magazine helped authorities track and capture Guzmán, who was arrested several days after the interview was conducted.
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Meanwhile,
Kate del Castillo
, who arranged the meeting, said that she had to flee the country after the article's publication, and charged that Penn had "used me as a bait, and then he never protected me. And risked my life and my parents' life and my sister's life and everybody surrounding me."
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Penn later said his article "had failed", noting that discussion about the ethics of the story overshadowed the actual report.
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False ivermectin story
edit
In September 2021,
Rolling Stone
picked up a story published by
Oklahoma
news outlet
KFOR
which claimed that so many people had been hospitalized due to
ivermectin
overdoses in Oklahoma that there was no room in
intensive care units
for other patients, including those with gunshot wounds.
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However, an Oklahoma hospital said in a statement that there was no shortage of beds due to ivermectin overdoses,
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and the doctor who had been interviewed by KFOR had not said that ivermectin cases were crowding out other patients, but the initial story and subsequent coverage had linked separate comments about ivermectin overdoses and scarce beds.
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CNN
fact-checker
Daniel Dale
stated that
Rolling Stone
had "[run] an adaptation of the KFOR story without appearing to do sufficient research to make sure the local report was sound".
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Rolling Stone
subsequently added an editor's note that retracted the core point of its story.
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Kyle Smith
of
National Review
called
Rolling Stone
's
correction "so humiliating, it's a wonder the place doesn't shut its doors immediately, liquidate all assets, and deny that it ever existed."
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Robby Soave
of
Reason
said that the correct story was "something
Rolling Stone
could have figured out on its own had the magazine bothered to contact any hospitals in Oklahoma, but alas."
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Alex Shephard of
The New Republic
wrote, "For
mainstream
and, particularly,
liberal
media this should be a stark reminder of the value of due diligence and checking sources. At the very least, make a phone call."
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Taylor Hawkins article
edit
The magazine published an article on the death of
Foo Fighters
drummer
Taylor Hawkins
, which was strongly criticized by
Matt Cameron
and
Chad Smith
, who were quoted in the article under the belief that it would be a "celebratory.. retrospective."
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James Gordon Meek child pornography case
edit
On January 31, 2023,
ABC News
reporter
James Gordon Meek
was arrested by the FBI and charged with transporting child pornography.
Rolling Stone
initially broke the story, but did not mention the child sexual abuse images that led to the investigation, which were known to the reporters. Instead, it suggested that Meek had been "targeted" by the US government for his reporting on national security issues, writing that "Meek appears to be on the wrong side of the national-security apparatus".
149
In the following months, it was revealed that
Rolling Stone
editor
Noah Shachtman
, who personally knows Meek and is considered friendly with him, had the story rewritten before publication to exclude all mentions of the child sexual abuse material, without the original journalist Tatiana Siegel's knowledge.
150
George Harrison
's 1975 song "
This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying)
", a lyrical sequel to his Beatles track "
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
" (1968), references the magazine in its second verse: "Learned to get up when I fall / Can even climb
Rolling Stone
walls". The song was written in response to some highly unfavorable reviews from
Rolling Stone
and other publications for
Harrison's 1974 North American tour
and his album
Dark Horse
151
152
The 2000 film
Almost Famous
centers on a teenage journalist writing for the magazine in the early 1970s while covering the fictional band Stillwater. The film was directed by
Cameron Crowe
and was based on his own experiences as a young journalist for the magazine in the same time period.
153
The Cover of Rolling Stone
" is a song written by
Shel Silverstein
and first recorded by American rock band
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
. The song satirizes success in the music business; the song's narrator laments that his band, despite having the superficial attributes of a successful rock star (including drug usage, "teenage groupies, who'll do anything we say", and a frenetic guitar solo), has been unable to "get their pictures on the cover of the
Rolling Stone
".
154
The title track of
Pink Floyd
's album
The Final Cut
features the line, "Would you sell your story to
Rolling Stone
?"
The track "Baker Street Muse" on
Jethro Tull
's album
Minstrel in the Gallery
includes the line "I have no time for
Time
Magazine or
Rolling Stone
".
Charlie Robison
's 1998 song "Sunset Boulevard" name-drops the magazine with the line, "Well, I wish I had my picture on the
Rolling Stone
today".
In
Stephen King
's novel
Firestarter
, the protagonists decide to tell their story to
Rolling Stone
In
Joni Mitchell
's song "California", the magazine is referenced in the line, "Reading
Rolling Stone
reading
Vogue
".
In May 2022, the
off-Broadway
play
Retraction
, adapted from the "A Rape on Campus" article controversy and resulting legal battles, premiered at
Theatre Row
in New York City.
155
In January 2026,
Retraction
opened off-Broadway at the Sheen Center.
156
In her memoir,
Writing and Madness in a Time of Terror
, author Afarin Majidi describes a sexually abusive work environment at Rolling Stone and is sexually assaulted while freelancing there.
157
International editions
edit
As of 2025, 15 international editions of
Rolling Stone
are in operation, the first international edition of the magazine was
Rolling Stone Australia
launched in 1969 and the latest is
Rolling Stone Philippines
launched in print in 2025.
Rolling Stone Africa
Rolling Stone Afrique
– Published by the Mwankom Group since 2024 and based in
Lagos
, Nigeria.
158
Rolling Stone Argentina
– Published by
La Nación
since April 1998.
159
160
The magazine is also circulated in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
159
Rolling Stone Australia / New Zealand
– First published in 1969 as a supplment in
Revolution
, Australian
Rolling Stone
became an independent title in 1971. Published by Philip Frazer, then Silvertongues (1974–1987) and by
Nextmedia
until 2008. The magazine was closed in 2018, then relaunched in 2020 as
Rolling Stone Australia
and in 2022 it became Rolling Stone AU / NZ. Separate websites operate for Australia and New Zealand but the print edition is combined and circulated in both countries.
Rolling Stone Brasil
– An unofficial edition published for a short period from 1972.
161
The magazine was officially launched in 2006 by Spring Comunicações and published until 2018.
162
160
163
The magazine has since been relaunched.
Rolling Stone En Español
– Published since 2002 for Mexico and Latin America. Published by
PRISA
from November 2002
164
to May 2009.
165
Then from June 2009 by Editorial Televisa (subsidiary of
Televisa
).
citation needed
160
Rolling Stone France
– First launched in 1988 and published till 2007,
166
then from 2008 to 2016 by
1633sa
and since 2019 by
RS France
167
168
Rolling Stone Germany
– Published since 1994 by
Axel Springer AG
160
Rolling Stone India
– Launched in March 2008 by
MW.Com
169
Rolling Stone Italia
– Published from 1980 to 1982. Relaunched in November 2003 by
IXO Publishing
and then till April 2014 by
Editirice Quadratum
. The magazine became online only in 2019 now under the control of
Luciano Bernardini de Pace Editore
170
171
160
Rolling Stone Japan
– Launched in March 2007 by
International Luxury Media
. Published by atomixmedia Inc.
株式会社アトミックスメディア
KK
atomikkusumedia
since 2011.
172
160
Rolling Stone Korea
– Launched in 2020 for
South Korea
173
Rolling Stone Middle East and North Africa
– Launched in 2010 by HGW Media as
Rolling Stone Middle East
174
the magazine was later closed and will return in 2025 as
Rolling Stone MENA
175
Rolling Stone Philippines
– Launched in December 2024 by
Modern Media Group
176
Rolling Stone Québec
– Launched in 2024 for
Quebec
, the magazine is published in French and English.
177
Rolling Stone UK
– Published as
Friends of Rolling Stone
, later shortened to
Friends
and eventually
Frendz
, from 1969 to 1972.
178
In September 2021, the magazine was relaunched as
Rolling Stone UK
54
Piedra Rodante
– Mexican edition, eight issues published between 1971 and 1972 by Editores Tribales, S.A.
179
Rolling Stone Bulgaria
– Published from 2009 to 2011 by
Sivir Publications
180
Rolling Stone Canada
– Published from the 1970s or 1980s.
citation needed
Rolling Stone Chile
– Published from 2003 to 2011,
El Mercurio
took over publication from
Edu Comunicaciones
in 2006.
181
Rolling Stone China
– Published by One Media Group from 2005 to 2006, based in Hong Kong.
182
183
The magazine was relaunched in 2021; based in Beijing and Chengdu.
184
The Chinese edition once again ceased publication after only a year closing in 2022.
Rolling Stone España
– Published from 1999 to 2015 by
PROGRESA
, from
Madrid
185
Rolling Stone Indonesia
– Published from 2005 to 2017 by
PT a&e Media
186
Rolling Stone New Zealand
– Published first in the mid-1970s and later in the early 1980s.
187
188
Rolling Stone Russia
– Published from 2004 to 2017 by Motor Media.
189
190
Rolling Stone South Africa
– Published from 2011 to 2014 by
3i Publishing
191
Rolling Stone Türkiye
– Published from 2006 to 2009
GD Gazete Dergi
192
Serbo-Croatian Rolling Stone
– Published from 2013 to 2015 by
S3 Mediji
193
The magazine was circulated around former
Yugoslav-countries
, published in
Serbo-Croatian
and based in
Zagreb
194
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