LIFE Magazine – 1st Issue
Time magazine presented its cover in color for the first time. The
subject was Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
Time, founded in 1923, has the world’s largest circulation for a weekly news
magazine, and has a readership of 25 million, 20 million of which are based
in the United States.
John Lennon as Private Gripeweed on the cover of Rolling Stone’s
first issue.
Rolling Stone is a biweekly magazine that focuses on popular culture. It
was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner, who is still the
publisher, and music critic Ralph J. Gleason.
Jann Simon Wenner turned 69 in January.
Ralph Joseph Gleason
(March 1, 1917 – June 3, 1975)
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