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NEWS ABOUT: Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone stories: 26 news summaries

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 Rolling Stone's
 Top Guitar Classics 

The greatest riffs, from Bill Haley to Metallica

Jun 1, 08 6:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - There are those tunes driven by the rhythm section, but nothing lights a fire in the blood quite like the power of the perfect guitar riff. Thus, Rolling Stone suggests its favorite guitar anthems, hitting all stops between BB King and King Crimson. The top five:
  1. Johnny B. Goode:
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music • Rolling Stones • Rolling Stone • Jimi Hendrix • Nirvana • guitar • Van Halen • Beatles • Led Zeppelin • Chuck Berry

Joe Camel Ads Look Bad for Tobacco Giant

8 states sue over Rolling Stone insert;
RJ Reynolds faces $100M in fines

Dec 4, 07 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Eight states are suing RJ Reynolds, alleging that an ad for Camel cigarettes in Rolling Stone last month violates a 1998 agreement not to use cartoons in advertising cigarettes. The states seek $100 for every magazine distributed and for every hit on the tobacco giant's associated website, the AP reports.... More »

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California • tobacco • Rolling Stone • Pennsylvania • lawsuit • advertisements • tobacco companies • RJ Reynolds • Camel

Tobacco Giant Drops Print
Ads for 2008

RJ Reynolds says Rolling Stone flap not an issue in decision

Nov 28, 07 3:27 PM CST
(Newser) - RJ Reynolds won’t buy print ads next year, a break with the tobacco giant's tradition of using newspapers and magazines to reach customers, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. The announcement came the same day an anti-smoking group lambasted RJR and Rolling Stone for four pages of ads abutting a Nov.... More »

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media • advertising • cigarettes • Rolling Stone • RJ Reynolds

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Sparks Best at Being Sweet

'Idol' does teen tunes well, soulful grownup not so much

Nov 23, 07 7:53 PM CST
(Newser) - American Idol season-six winner Jordin Sparks does a sweet job with a hip-hop flavored R&B debut album thanks to a roster of heavy-hitting producers who backed Beyonce and Rihanna among others, writes Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone. She does Prince funk with "Shy Boy," giving her that... More »

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American Idol • Jordin Sparks • Rolling Stone • R

Mesmerizing Harry Potter Sweeps into Movie Theaters

Order of the Phoenix casts a spell on critics—well, most of them, anyway

Jul 10, 07 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Holy Quidditch! Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix flies onto the silver screen tomorrow just two weeks before the ballyhooed release of the final book of the wizard saga. It seems to have cast a spell on critics, like Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, who says it will "... More »

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Harry Potter • theater • New York Times • film • Newsweek • Rolling Stone • A.O. Wilson • David Ansen • Peter Travers • movie review • movies • movie theaters

Rolling Stone's 'Green' Paper Has Recyclers Seeing Red

Magazine's new stock 100% not recycled

Jun 11, 07 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Aging counter-culture arbiter Rolling Stone is discovering it's not easy being green. The Times reports the magazine will soon start printing its wry critique of music and politics on "carbon neutral paper," a unique stock which adds no CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. But none of it is... More »

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recycling • carbon footprint • Rolling Stone • carbon emissions

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