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#surrealestate

Jann Wenner Sells One of His Six Houses to Wife

Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner sold his stake in an Upper West Side townhouse to wife Jane, from whom he is separated but not divorced. Jann and his boyfriend retain their condo a few blocks away. Also, three other pads: More »

02/02/10

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By Ryan Tate

#coincidences

Click here to read So <em>That's</em> What a Blood-Sucking Vampire Squid Looks Like

So That's What a Blood-Sucking Vampire Squid Looks Like

Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi famously called Goldman Sachs the "great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money." Turns out Nazi cartoonists came up with that image first. More »

11/18/09

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By John Cook

#chartsgraphs

The Shake, Rattle, Decline and Fall of American Empire

This graph is the key to everything and it will soon be a book from HarperCollins. ("Everything" means Jann Wenner, Baby Boomers, mass culture, and the death of liberal consensus and middle class stability.) [Overthinking It via Colin via Maura.]

11/11/09

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By Pareene

#journalismisms

Gawker's Guide to Coverage of Rolling Stone's Coverage of Megan Fox

In the most misguided media decision of the decade, Rolling Stone opted to let online readers look at the pictures from their recent Megan Fox cover story, but held back the text from the internet, making them pay for words. More »

09/18/09

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By Richard Rushfield

#tardy

Click here to read <i>Rolling Stone</i> Finally Taking Late, Doomed Shot At RollingStone.com

Rolling Stone Finally Taking Late, Doomed Shot At RollingStone.com

It must pain Jann Wenner to see his other properties start succeeding where flagship Rolling Stone squandered possibilities and descended into irrelevancy: online. Now that US Weekly's site has heat, Wenner's finally starting to line up RS's strategy of "whatever." More »

08/30/09

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By Foster Kamer

#lawsuits

How Getty Images Screwed Art Capital Group's Deal With Annie Leibovitz

There are new details in Art Capital Group's ongoing legal battle with celebrity photographer/pauper Annie Leibovitz: Art Capital has also sued Getty Images, alleging that the giant photo agency tried to undermine its deal with Leibovitz. More »

08/12/09

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By John Cook

#bankers

Goldman Sachs Management to Employees: 'No More Douchebaggery!'

Maybe you heard yesterday about how things are going great over at Goldman, like $1,000,000 for each employee great? So surely there were some sick banker celebrations going down last night, right? Not if management can help it! More »

07/15/09

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By The Cajun Boy

#comingsout

Adam Lambert: Gay As He Wanna Be

The most ludicrous American Idol contestant ever, Adam Lambert, has finally come out of the closet. In a cover story for Rolling Stone! All of America's gay boo-boos are now healed, or something. More »

06/09/09

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By Richard Lawson

#media

David Carr's Night on the Town

06/08/09

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#mysteries

Why Isn't Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone's Rockstar Writer, Blogging On Rolling Stone's Website?

Fans of Matt Taibbi, frequent Bill Maher guest, 2008 NMA winner and Tom Friedman's worst nightmare on steroids, have long wondered why Taibbi blogs for True/Slant and not Rolling Stone. It's time for some answers! More »

05/13/09

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By The Cajun Boy

#exits

Rolling Stone gives up on birthplace: "The business just is not in San Francisco now."

04/17/09

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#recessionomics

Desperate Youth Pay For Internships

The ongoing collapse of the American economy means middle-class college grads must behave like coddled aristocratic twits and secure internships through their parents' largesse. More »

01/27/09

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By Ryan Tate

#rumormonger