[71] Rolling Stone endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election. After ceasing publication in 1982, it was relaunched in November 2003, first by IXO Publishing, and then by Editrice Quadratum until April 2014. [5] In 1999 he became editor-in-chief for Spin magazine. ", "Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith on the Follies of Big Banks and Government", July 4, 2012 Viewpoint with Elliot Sputzer, "Rolling Stone Pages Aimed at Latinos, Even the Ads", "Rolling Stone Magazine Publishes First Spanish-Language Section On Latino Music And Culture", "Jann Wenner Sells 49% of Rolling Stone to Singapore's BandLab", "Rolling Stone Publisher Sells Majority Stake to Penske, Owner of Variety", "Penske Media Corporation Acquires Full Ownership of 'Rolling Stone, "Our 1000th Issue – Jann Wenner looks back on 39 years of Rolling Stone", "Jann Wenner, John Lennon, and the Greatest Rolling Stone Cover Ever", "Rolling Stone ends large format after 4 decades", "Cardi B, Live Events, Fewer Issues: Meet the New Rolling Stone", "Rolling Stone All Access-Subscribe to Rolling Stone", "Federated Rolling Stone search for 'wiki, "Wenner Media to Launch Glixel Website as Lifeline for Gamers", "Wenner Media to Launch Gaming Site 'Glixel, "Glixel's San Francisco office closed, team laid off", "Brian Crecente Joins Variety as New Video Games Editor", "Rolling Stone to launch restaurant chain in L.A", "How Rolling Stone's Hollywood and Highland Restaurant Will Differ From Hard Rock Cafe's", "Two Floors of Fun at Rolling Stone Restaurant and Lounge", "But It's All Over Now: Rolling Stone Restaurant Folds in Hollywood – Grub Street Los Angeles", "Does hating rock make you a music critic? The magazine is currently published by Luciano Bernardini de Pace Editore. He later joined the staff as a fact checker in 1989, becoming a senior writer in 1990. [14] 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. [1] He later joined the staff as a fact checker in 1989, becoming a senior writer in 1990. Editions switched to the standard 8"×11" magazine size starting with the issue dated October 30, 2008. [15] 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 LA County Jail awaiting trial, which won Rolling Stone its first National Magazine Award. [7] He was a judge for the 4th Annual Independent Music Awards in 2005,[9] and subsequently for the 11th, 12th and 13th Annual Independent Music Awards. List of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Literary 'Rolling Stone' sells out to male titillation", "Wenner's World: The evolution of Jann Wenner. [72], Rolling Stone's film critic, Peter Travers, has been criticized for his high number of repetitively used blurbs. On April 19, 2010, the website underwent a redesign and began featuring the complete archives of Rolling Stone. 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". [88] 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. [20] 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. Starting in 2016 Light is one of the mainstay hosts of the newly created Volume music talk channel on Sirius XM.