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ificandream

(10,774 posts)
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 06:53 PM Sep 2023

Jann Wenner Removed From Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Foundation Board Of Directors

Deadline.com

Controversial interview remarks by Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner have led to his removal from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation board of directors.

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Wenner was removed from the board after a New York Times interview regarding his new book, The Masters, which features interviews with seven notable figures in rock music. The lineup includes Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Bono, Jerry Garcia and Pete Townsend.

Asked by the New York Times why he confined the book’s interviews to white males, Wenner said “it just fell together that way.”

He then said that none of the women he considered were “as articulate enough on this intellectual level.”


Read more: https://deadline.com/2023/09/jann-wenner-removed-rock-and-roll-hall-fame-foundation-board-1235548690/

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Glad to see this for so many reasons. He has administered the RRHOF terribly.
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Jann Wenner Removed From Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Foundation Board Of Directors (Original Post) ificandream Sep 2023 OP
Never ending bullshit..We should make a list for him. Joinfortmill Sep 2023 #1
The movie 'Scrooged' was originally to be based on Jann Wenner. blm Sep 2023 #2
It's time for him to go FakeNoose Sep 2023 #3
haha idiot ZonkerHarris Oct 2023 #4

blm

(113,854 posts)
2. The movie 'Scrooged' was originally to be based on Jann Wenner.
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 07:05 PM
Sep 2023

He has long been considered a scumbag by writers.

FakeNoose

(36,031 posts)
3. It's time for him to go
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:51 PM
Sep 2023

The guy is having some serious health problems anyway. It's a wonder he hasn't resigned on his own.

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