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August 11, 2008

Rolling Stone shrinks...

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With the Oct. 30 issue, which will go on sale Oct. 17, Rolling Stone, published by Wenner Media, will adopt the standard size used by all but a few magazines.

In an interview in his office, Jann Wenner, founder, publisher, editor and general guiding force behind the nation’s biggest music magazine, was characteristically brash about the change. Leaning back in his chair, one leg slung over the side of it, he said, “All you’re getting from that large size is nostalgia.”


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3 Comments

#1 brother mayhem says:

I guess the reader feedback from all the Jonas Brothers fans informed them that
they prefers a magazine closer in size to a comic book. It has absolutely nothing to do with saving on printing, paper or ink.

#2 djd says:

more unflation (ie shrinking things down but charging the same, or adding a "fuel surcharge" to shipments or charging for luggage) ... we r fuct.

#3 CN says:

I wish this magazine would disappear. Isn't it time to have Obama on the cover again?


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