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Jann Wenner really blew it with Rolling Stone
September 18, 2017 | 9:11pmJann Wenner has landed between a rock and a hard place as he struggles to sell Rolling Stone. The 71-year-old publishing magnate will pay dearly for clinging to the rock-and-roll...
Wenner Media puts Rolling Stone up for sale
September 18, 2017 | 8:53amWenner Media said it is exploring strategic options for its majority interest in Rolling Stone magazine, as the New York-based publisher continues to shift from its print media business amid...
American Media bulks up with Men's Journal buy
June 22, 2017 | 4:16pmAmerican Media said it will acquire Men’s Journal from Wenner Media, marking the second magazine deal that the two companies have done in recent months. “With the acquisition of Men’s...
New wave of Diana books set for 20th anniversary of tragedy
May 26, 2017 | 12:20amTwenty years after her death, Princess Diana is still publishing royalty. Magazine and book companies have unleashed plans for an avalanche of hardcover and paperback books, bookazines and regular magazine...
American Media launching 'high-quality' branded content studio
May 18, 2017 | 10:41pmAmerican Media said it will crank up a branded content studio and has hired three new creatives, reporting to Dylan Howard, the company’s chief content officer, with more hires expected...
American Media to pay $100M for US Weekly, layoffs loom
March 15, 2017 | 7:55pmIn a dizzying round of deal making, American Media Inc, owner of National Enquirer and Star magazine, landed Us Weekly, paying what sources told the Post said was $100 million....
Tronc in talks to buy Us Weekly
March 7, 2017 | 1:37pmThe owner of the LA Times and several other daily newspapers is in late-stage talks to acquire Us Weekly from Wenner Media, The Post has learned. Negotiations between Wenner, which...
Us Weekly is on a Trump cover spree
February 10, 2017 | 12:39amFor the fourth week in a row, Wenner Media’s Us Weekly is featuring a Trump family member on its cover. This week, first daughter Ivanka Trump and hubby Jared Kushner...
Wenner Media head interested in selling Us Weekly
December 20, 2016 | 10:50pmJann Wenner, chairman of Wenner Media, is shopping Us Weekly, according to reliable industry sources. Insiders say that potential suitors include Bauer Publications, Time Inc. and American Media Inc. —...
UVA dean gets $3M in Rolling Stone defamation trial
November 7, 2016 | 8:31pmJurors awarded $3 million in damages on Monday to the University of Virginia administrator who sued Rolling Stone magazine for defaming her in an incendiary story about campus rape. The...
Rolling Stone found liable in $7.5M defamation lawsuit
November 4, 2016 | 1:51pmA federal jury has found that Rolling Stone magazine and writer Sabrina Erdely defamed a former University of Virginia associate dean in a since-retracted story about campus rape. It took...
Wenner Media looks to ditch sky-high Midtown rents for Brooklyn
July 6, 2016 | 11:20pmMidtown Manhattan could be about to lose yet another publisher. Rolling Stone parent Wenner Media is said to be in talks to move the 49-year-old company away from the sky-high...
Wenner Media cuts 10 percent of payroll
June 17, 2015 | 9:19pmJann Wenner is downsizing his media company, cutting dozens of jobs at Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men’s Journal. As many as 40 people, or about 10 percent of the...
US Weekly retracts Jenner story
March 20, 2015 | 1:09amFor the second time in recent months, a magazine owned by Jann Wenner’s Wenner Media has come under scrutiny as a major story in one of the company’s publications implodes....
Apple University hires Wenner Media's Rev Chief David Kang
September 19, 2014 | 4:39amApple University, the secretive in-house training program of the tech titan, has raided Wenner Media and hired away it chief revenue officer. David Kang, a Harvard Business School grad, was...
Us Weekly latest to hike price
March 28, 2014 | 4:51amUs Weekly, the Wenner Media-owned title, by tomorrow will be joining People and the AMI celebrity titles in hiking its price by $1 to $4.99. Sources said there was a...
Rolling Stone gathering moss, according to lawsuit
March 12, 2014 | 5:30amThis Rolling Stone is gathering moss, a new lawsuit has brought to light. The Rolling Stone Restaurant & Lounge in Los Angeles shut months ago, amid a tangle of lawsuits...