Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Week 3 EOC: Rolling Stone Magazine

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Rolling Stone is a U.S.- based magazine company that was founded in 1967 by Jann Wenner in San Francisco, Califorinia. To this date Jann Wenner continues to be the editor and publisher of the Rolling Stone magazine. Ralph J. Gleason is the music critic of the magazine company and Matt Taibbi is the Senior Editor of Rolling Stones. This magazine is now based in New York, New York. The President of Rolling Stone is a 37 years old man, Gene Hoffman. “The ‘rock n roll’ brand in pop culture publication with famous artists, celebrities and thinkers of modern times along with iconic magazine covers, the Rolling Stone brand is a go to destination for millions of followers.” (http://imglicensing.com/brands-and-clients/rolling-stone-magazine/) This magazine is a great magazine for those who enjoy keeping up and are “devoted to music, liberal politics and popular culture that is published every two weeks.” (http://mashable.com/category/rolling-stone/) It’s a magazine that keeps up with everything that is happening around the music and popular culture industries. They do a very good job in keeping their public aware of everything that is around them as well as topics that keeps them interested. Although “Rolling Stone magazine was the starting place for many famous writers including Hunter S. Thompson, Cameron Crowe, Lester Bangs, Greil Marcus and many more” (http://www.slideshare.net/williamyoungmediastudies/rolling-stone-analysis) this magazine has changed over the years, but has kept their audience interested. Rolling Stone magazine is very unique from other magazine companies. This magazine is great at giving a full and detailed article about a specific topic, unlike other magazines where they just post a small article about specific topic. Rolling Stones magazine is a trusted company because they have been around for several years. Although they are a magazine company that is U.S.-based, they went global by starting an online website for their magazine, (www.rollingstone.com) Rolling Stones is a great example of a magazine that listen to what the public wants and offers great stories and full detail articles.

 

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