Jann Wenner
The founder of Rolling Stone claimed rock music would set Americans free—in reality it just made him rich.
‘Spin’ founder Bob Guccione Jr., who competed head to head with Jann Wenner’s journal for a dozen years, sees plenty of reasons for optimism concerning Rolling Stone’s future.
“The jury’s verdict is a complete vindication of Nicole Eramo, and a complete repudiation of Rolling Stone’s and Ms. Erdely’s false and defamatory article,” Eramo’s attorney said.
A defamation case jury must decide whether Rolling Stone knew what it was printing about former UVA dean Nicole Eramo was false, or should have known it was false.
Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone’s publisher and co-founder, said that their UVA rape story should have been published, with alleged victim Jackie’s flawed testimony removed from it.
The resignation of managing editor Will Dana is, say insiders, more down to money than the furor that followed its flawed reporting of an alleged UVa rape.
Columbia Journalism School investigators told a press conference Monday how Sabrina Rubin Erdely realized her source’s rape story wasn’t true—and said Erdely wasn’t guilty of lying.