Jann Wenner Removed From Rock Hall Board After Interview
The Rolling Stone co-founder’s exit comes a day after The New York Times published an interview in which he made widely criticized comments.
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The Rolling Stone co-founder’s exit comes a day after The New York Times published an interview in which he made widely criticized comments.
In an interview published Friday in The New York Times, the co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine made comments that were widely criticized as sexist and racist.
Interview comments made by Wenner about women and people of colour are widely criticised as sexist and racist
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