“Rolling Stone Magazine” Jann Wenner Hand Signed First Day Cover Dated 1958. (born January 7, 1946) is an. American magazine magnate who is the co-founder and. And former owner of. He participated in the. Wenner, with his mentor. In his career, Wenner co-founded the. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Has founded other publications. As a publisher and media figure, he has faced. Controversy regarding Hall of Fame eligibility favoritism, the breakdown of his. Criticism that his magazine’s reviews were biased. Wenner was born in New York. City, the son of Sim and Edward Wenner. He grew up in a secular. Parents divorced in 1958, and he and his sisters, Kate and Merlyn, were sent to. He completed his secondary education at the. In 1963 and went on to attend the. Before dropping out of Berkeley in 1966, Wenner was active. Produced the column “Something’s Happening” in the student-run. With the help of his mentor. Landed a job at. Where Gleason was a. Contributing editor and Wenner worked on the magazine’s spinoff newspaper. 1967, Wenner and Gleason founded. To get the magazine started, Wenner borrowed. The 1970s and 1980s, Wenner played an integral role in popularizing writers. He also discovered photographer. When she was a 21-year-old. Many of Wenner’s proteges, such as Crowe. Credit him with giving them their biggest breaks. Recognized Wenner’s influence in ensuring that. The Bonfire of the. Was completed, stating I was absolutely frozen. With fright about getting it done and I decided to serialize it and the only. Editor crazy enough to do that was Jann. Shifted its base of operations from. The magazine’s circulation dipped briefly. In the late 1970s/early 1980s as Rolling Stone responded slowly in covering the. And again in the 1990s. When it lost ground to. Ed Needham, who was then replaced by Will Dana, to turn his flagship magazine. Around, and by 2006. S circulation was at an all-time high of 1.5. Published its 1000th edition with a. Holographic, 3-D cover modeled on. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Wenner has been involved in the conducting and. Writing of many of the magazine’s. His interview subjects have included. For the magazine during their election. Campaigns and in November 2005 had an interview with. Which focused on music and politics. Wenner’s interview with Bono received. And Jann Wenner are chronicled in three books. Crazy and Back Again. By Robert Sam Anson. Sticky Fingers:The Life and Times of. Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine. On a biography, as is poet and Beat historian. Robin Green’s memoir The Only Girl covers the. Time she worked at Rolling Stone. Wenner founded the magazine. It a year later. He also briefly managed the magazine. 1993, started the magazine. In 1985, he bought a share. The Walt Disney Company. The magazine went weekly in 2000; after a difficult start, it. Reaches over 11 million readers a week. 2006, Wenner bought out Disney’s share and now owns 100% of the magazine. Reported that Wenner is in the. The new investor will have no direct involvement in. The editorial content of the magazine. In October 2016, Wenner started. In September 2017, Wenner Media. Announced that the remaining 51% of. That share was bought by. Who later acquired the remaining stake from BandLab.