Rolling Stone Editor/publisher,
Jann Wenner is attempting to modernize his 35-year-old pop culture bible. It seems the old guard, which established Rolling Stone's design and editorial
sensiblity throughout the 1990s, and even earlier, is moving on.
Ed Needham, the newly named managing editor of Rolling Stone who joined from FHM, has accepted the resignation of longtime
fashion director
PATTI O'BRIEN, a 13-year Rolling Stone veteran. Also, photo editor
FIONA MCDONAGH, who has been with the magazine since early 2001, has been let go.
JODI PECKMAN,
former deputy photo editor of Rolling Stone from 1993-97, and current photo editor of Emap's FHM, is said to have been poached from the men's monthly to succeed McDonagh. A replacement for O'Brien has
not been named.
FRED WOODWARD, RS' art director for the past 14 years, resigned last fall to join GQ and has since been replaced by
ANDY COWLES, most recently art director of defunct
Mademoiselle, and before that of Brit music titles Q and Mojo. Needham replaced
Robert Love, who was managing editor for the past four-and-a-half years and at Rolling Stone for a total of 20.
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