Jann Wenner – who started Rolling Stone in 1967 as a hippie student in Berkeley, California and now runs it with his son Gus – told The New York Times that the future looked tough for a family-run publisher. Photo: Handout
Jann Wenner – who started Rolling Stone in 1967 as a hippie student in Berkeley, California and now runs it with his son Gus – told The New York Times that the future looked tough for a family-run publisher. Photo: Handout

For sale: Rolling Stone, iconic music magazine

Rolling Stone last year sold a 49 per cent stake to a Singaporean music and technology start-up, BandLab Technologies

Jann Wenner – who started Rolling Stone in 1967 as a hippie student in Berkeley, California and now runs it with his son Gus – told The New York Times that the future looked tough for a family-run publisher. Photo: Handout
Jann Wenner – who started Rolling Stone in 1967 as a hippie student in Berkeley, California and now runs it with his son Gus – told The New York Times that the future looked tough for a family-run publisher. Photo: Handout
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