November 9, 1967 saw the debut of what iconic magazine, founded by Jann Wenner, which famously provided a roach clip with every paid subscription?
Jann Wenner Jann Wenner Jann Simon Wenner (born January 7, 1946) is the co-founder and publisher of the popular culture biweekly magazine "Rolling Stone", and former owner of "Men's Journal" magazine. Born in New York City, Wenner graduated from Chadwick School and later attended the University of California, Berkeley. He dropped out, but while at Berkeley he participated in the Free Speech Movement. Wenner, with his mentor Ralph J. Gleason, co-founded "Rolling Stone" in 1967 with the help of a loan from family members and his soon-to-be wife. Later in his career he became one of the founders of the Rock and
Jann Wenner strained the relationship between the author and the magazine, and Thompson contributed far less to the publication in later years. Wenner fired rock critic Jim DeRogatis in 1996 after DeRogatis published a negative review for an album by the then-popular band Hootie and the Blowfish. Wenner pulled DeRogatis' review from the magazine. Asked by the "New York Observer" if Wenner was a fan of Hootie and the Blowfish, DeRogatis responded that Wenner "is a fan of any band that sells eight million records." Wenner fired DeRogatis the next day. In June 2017, Wenner cut ties with Joe Hagan, the biographer