In interview about new book The Masters, Wenner had said no female or Black musicians ‘were as articulate’ as white performers
Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone and a co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has apologized for
Wenner’s interviews in his book The Masters offered the perspectives of musicians such as Bono, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Pete Townshend – all of whom are white men. Wenner has sought to undo the resulting damage through a series of apologies over the weekend, including one through publisher Little, Brown and Company in which he said: “I apologize wholeheartedly for those remarks.”
Wenner founded Rolling Stone in 1967 and served as its editor or editorial director until 2019. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer in 2004 after helping to start it in 1983.
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