Jann
Wenner has dismissed the publisher of his flagship Rolling Stone, Matt
Mastrangelo. Mastrangelo had been in the position for three years (12 years in
all at Wenner Media), and first-quarter ad pages were up 17 percent year over
year to 190.
But
Wenner is known to shuffle the publishing decks every
few years at the magazine he co-founded. Mastrangelo got the word this
morning, but apparently was told simply, "They are making a change." 