Music Analysis On the Rolling Stone

Complete Music Magazine Analysis of the Rolling Stone

 The rolling Stone Magazine was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner, who still is today the magazine publisher. The first issue was released on November 9th 1967. The Rolling Stone was best known for its Musical genre and coverage. In 1990 the magazine shifted its target audience to younger readers, and who are also into oriental television. In the recent years however it had changed back to its old ways of music content. For Jann Wenner to first publish the first issue, he borrowed £7,500 off of his family and wife, to afford the costs of printing and distributing. The Rolling Stone was initially published in everyday newspaper format. The magazine is based in New York, America. In the first issue Wenner named the magazine after the 1950 blues song Rollin’ Stone written by Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones and also Bob Dylan’s hit single Like a Rolling Stone. In the 1970’s The Rolling Stone started to make their make but including political views within the magazine. The magazine also helped launch prominent author’s career. It was at this moment in the magazines career, they were featuring their most top stories to cover. During the 1980’s the magazine shifted to more entertainment magazine however music was still the main topic. Overall The Rolling Stone was initially know for covering the industry of music and the reports of political view by Hunter S Thompson, however discontinued due to his death in 2005. As of August 2008 the format of the Rolling Stone Magazine changed its format of an average normal magazine. The company is on a multi-platform having their own website as well as the magazine. The Rolling Stone is within the category of popular culture.

 By Olivia Jarvis