Rolling Stone Magazine

April 2006 issue of Rolling Stone magazine in China. After the inaugural March 2006 issue was banned, the next issue of Rolling Stone appeared under the name Audio Visual World — see below. This is that issue. Appropriately, it features the Rolling Stones on the cover, which is all in Chinese, unlike the first issue. It also includes a special keychain in the shape of a white Les Paul guitar. The package is in excellent shape and still sealed in outer plastic wrap. A rare find that will be a fantastic addition to any collection. I also have the first issue for sale; please message me for a special deal on both. Stone goes Audio to pacify authorities Bill Savadove Published: 12:00am, 22 Apr, 2006 The mainland edition of US rock magazine Rolling Stone appeared on newsstands under the name Audio Visual World this week after a government ban. But editor-in-chief Hao Fang vowed to keep using content taken from global editions of the US magazine, which was first published on the mainland last month as Rolling Stone Audio Visual World. Last month, an official of the Shanghai Press and Publication Bureau denied that the magazine had been banned but was quoted in international media as saying,’What we stopped was the publishing co-operation between Rolling Stone and Audio Visual World’ – the US magazine’s local partner. Under its new name, the magazine’s second issue features the Rolling Stones on its cover but does not carry the title’Rolling Stone’ in English or Putonghua. The name change is aimed at pacifying mainland officials while allowing the publication to continue in some form. The latest issue also carries a notice saying Rolling Stone owner Wenner Media has authorised the use of some content. I can’t decide [on] the name of the magazine. But as chief editor, my job is just to make the content good for reading,’ Mr Hao said, breaking his silence over the controversy. He also sounded a note of defiance. The source of the content is no different [to Rolling Stone]. I can’t see there is any problem. I will just keep on using it no matter what the name of the magazine is. The latest edition includes stories about Green Day and Madonna, a photo shoot of veteran local band Tang Dynasty and an article about mainland online writers. But some readers responded with disappointment, saying Audio Visual World was not the real Rolling Stone. If you don’t put Rolling Stone on the cover, then it’s legal, so no problem. But if it becomes just Audio Visual World then there is no relation with Rolling Stone,’ one reader wrote on his blog. Mr Hao declined to comment on the magazine’s ownership structure, saying it was’complicated’. Under the original structure, Wenner Media linked up with Hong Kong’s One Media Group, the magazine arm of Ming Pao Enterprise, which in turn sought a local partner, China Record, to publish a new version of its title Audio Visual World as the mainland edition of Rolling Stone. Overseas publishers of magazines on the mainland use similar vehicles to conform to laws that strictly limit foreign participation in media ventures. The rock’n’ roll publication entered the Chinese market early this month with a huge splash, including billboard advertisements, a 125,000-copy roll-out and free Rolling Stone hats with each magazine. On Wednesday, regulators said they would not allow it to publish a second issue. Articles in the first Chinese edition of Rolling Stone about a rock star associated with the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and a blogger who wrote about her sex life pushed the limits of what is permissible. “They didn’t go through the proper procedure, ” said Chen Li, director of the newspaper and magazine department of the Shanghai Press and Publishing Administration, where Rolling Stone was published, under the guise of an existing Chinese magazine. There will be no future Rolling Stone content in this magazine. There’s no such thing as’Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone crossed several red lines, according to sources familiar with regulators’ displeasure. More than half the content in the first edition is translated from the U. Edition, with articles about filmmakers Michael Moore and George Clooney and the late writer Hunter S. Thompson, yet it never received formal approval from the government. It also ignored requirements that the publication’s original Chinese name be printed in large type on the cover with its foreign name smaller and less prominent. In its first issue, Rolling Stone splashed its English name across the front in far larger type than its official Chinese title. Rolling Stone also reportedly rankled Chinese censors with a cover story about Cui Jian, the father of Chinese rock and roll. ” Cui played in Tiananmen Square in 1989, with his most famous song, “Nothing to My Name, emerging as something of an anthem for protesters. “Rolling Stone was quite tricky, ” said one executive in the industry who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing continuing dealings with regulators. But they got nailed. The content was well beyond what the Propaganda Department could tolerate, aside from their not pretending to follow the rules. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “drummdrumm” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Binding: Softcover, Wraps
• Place of Publication: China
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition
• Author: Various
• Publisher: Rolling Stone
• Country/Region of Manufacture: China
• Topic: Music
• Modified Item: No
• Subject: Performing Arts
• Year Printed: 2006
• Original/Facsimile: Original