Wiener-eater Wenner Cuts some Meat

Jann Wenner once had a great mag in Rolling Stone. It would be mean to say that it went downhill when he started admitted to going down on men.

BUT maybe it's TRUE. When a guy like that hits middle age, and he's done it all, including interviewing John Lennon, what's going to occupy his time? Pleasures of the flesh? Partying? Eating? (The guy has put on some weight).

I don't know if this guy became a real pain-in-the-ass or not. Guys like this often make sure to only hire YES-MEN. Maybe the Rolling Stone office is festooned with pansies. He did make a big deal out of buying a poofy Men's Fitness magazine, as well as plucking a less-than-masculine gossip mag called US for his stable.

The magazine field is terrible these days. Strong leadership is needed. Instead, Rolling Stone's been on automatic pilot, and when not, Wenner's done dumbass things, like putting the pretty boy "Joker" on the cover. Oh that cute curly-haired Killer Muzzie!

Rolling Stone had that arc from being a peculiar newspaper folded in half (and prone to turning yellow) to a big format magazine, to a normal-size slick, to its current anorexic sliver. Since people can read so many features FREEEEEEEE, on the website, it's really not essential to subscribe. So I let my subscription lapse. Oh yes, I can always download PDF's of the newest issues FREEEEEE as well.

Do I feel I shouldn't do that, but support this millionaire gob-sucker? Eh. Rolling Stone used to have subscription bargain rates, as many mags do (to boast of a high circulation). If he won't meet ME halfway with a bargain rate, no. He used to so I subscribed. Now, no.

As for his other mags, who the fuck cares. Why read US unless you're waiting in a doctor's office? The fitness mag is pointless.

It's never good when a magazine starts cutting writers. What do you replace them with? Bigger photos of Kardashian's ass? Rolling Stone Senior Writer David Fricke was one of the surprising names who got the ax. Happily, perhaps, Nina Pearlman was dropped as well. She was a "managing editor of special projects in charge of iPad editions." Well, fuck you Ms. Technology. I don't think iPad editions mean anything, because I think for every 1 copy sold, 10 are stole'd. People just don't think they're getting value for money on computer blips, and when they can download 'em FREEEEE they DOOOOOOOO.

Wenner's a millionaire and set for life. Most magazine editors and writers are not. So writes somebody who once was in major national magazines and is now writing a fucking blog for FREEEEEEEE.