Less than two weeks after stepping down as CEO of Alpha Media Group, Kent Brownridge has joined the ranks as general manager of the US edition of OK! magazine. The move to OK! puts Brownridge in familiar territory. During his 31 years with Jann Wenner, he had a big hand in the successful conversion of Wenner [...]
Wenner Media’s Rolling Stone magazine will shed its scrappy, iconic, oversize, saddle-stitch look and adopt the conventional, perfect-bound magazine format with its October 30 issue (on-sale Oct. 17). The move is being made to overcome oversize display difficulties at retail, which are believed to be hampering newsstand sales. Commenting on the swtich, founder Jann Wenner [...]
In recent months, talk about Wenner Media selling Us Weekly has stirred up a bit of a commotion. Rumor had it that Jann Wenner had been looking around to see if the celebrity weekly could be sold for an epic $750 million. One source said that Wenner never went the traditional way of getting financial data together [...]
On November 28, 2007, Jann Wenner, founder, publisher, and editor of Rolling Stone, appeared as a guest on the Charlie Rose Show to discuss among many things; magazines, politics, his media empire, and Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson, which he recently edited. The interview which aired on local PBS stations can be viewed [...]
Hosted by Paul Shaffer, ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE: Voice of Our Generation features
interviews with Rolling Stone founder, editor-in-chief and publisher Jann Wenner, executive editor Joe Levy, and other Rolling Stone contributors and admirers. The broadcast captures the cultural spirit and musical celebration that is Rolling Stone magazine. It originally aired on WLIW on November [...]