Editing Rolling Stone (section)

==Covers==
{{See also|List of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone}}
Some artists have been featured on the cover many times, and some of these pictures went on to become iconic. [[The Beatles]], for example, have appeared on the cover more than 30 times, either individually or as a band.<ref name="RS1000">{{cite magazine |last=Wenner |first= Jann |date=2006 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10224178/our_1000th_issue |title=Our 1000th Issue – Jann Wenner looks back on 39 years of Rolling Stone |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=September 21, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902102236/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10224178/our_1000th_issue |archive-date=September 2, 2006 }}</ref> The magazine is known for provocative photography and has featured musicians and celebrities on the cover throughout its history.<ref name="nyt-crownofthorns">{{cite web |date=September 18, 2017 |last1=Ember |first1=Sydney |last2=Sisario |first2=Ben |title=Dylan, Obama and a Crown of Thorns: 50 Years of Rolling Stone (Published 2017) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/business/media/rolling-stone-covers.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |quote=Its covers minted stars. |access-date=February 2, 2021 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112043106/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/business/media/rolling-stone-covers.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Havers |first=Richard |title=On The Cover Of The 'Rolling Stone' |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/the-cover-of-rolling-stone/ |access-date=August 15, 2019 |publisher=uDiscoverMusic |date=November 9, 2018 |archive-date=August 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815154853/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/the-cover-of-rolling-stone/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The cover of the issue from January 22, 1981, featuring John Lennon and [[Yoko Ono]], has been called the "Greatest ''Rolling Stone'' Cover Ever" by ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date= September 29, 2017 |last= Hagan |first= Joe |title= Jann Wenner, John Lennon, and the Greatest Rolling Stone Cover Ever |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/09/jann-wenner-john-lennon-and-the-greatest-rolling-stone-cover-ever |website= [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date= September 9, 2019 |archive-date= August 21, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190821193020/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/09/jann-wenner-john-lennon-and-the-greatest-rolling-stone-cover-ever |url-status= live }}</ref>

The first ten issues featured, in order of appearance:
# John Lennon
# [[Tina Turner]]
# The Beatles
# [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Donovan]] and [[Otis Redding]]
# [[Jim Morrison]]
# [[Janis Joplin]]
# Jimi Hendrix
# [[Monterey International Pop Festival]]
# John Lennon and [[Paul McCartney]]
# [[Eric Clapton]]

The magazine spent $1&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{inflation|USD|1|start_year=2006|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}) on the 3-D [[holography|hologram]] cover of the special 1,000th issue (May 18, 2006) displaying multiple celebrities and other personalities.<ref>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Johnson |date=May 1, 2006 |title=Lots of people will get their pictures on the cover |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2006-05-01-media-mix_x.htm |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214213818/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2006-05-01-media-mix_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Print format===
The printed format has gone through several changes. The first publications, in 1967 to 1972, were in folded [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid newspaper format]], with no staples, only black ink text, and a single color highlight that changed each edition. From 1973 onwards, editions were produced on a four-color press with a different newsprint paper size. In 1979, the bar code appeared. In 1980, it became a gloss-paper, large-format (10 × 12 inch) magazine. Editions switched to the standard 8 × 11 inch magazine size starting on October 30, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rolling Stone ends large format after 4 decades|first=Anick|last=Jesdanun|agency=Associated Press|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-10-14-rollingstone_N.htm|date=October 14, 2008|work=USA Today|access-date=July 8, 2014|archive-date=September 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902102236/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10224178/our_1000th_issue|url-status=live}}</ref> Starting with the new monthly July 2018 issue, it returned to the previous 10 × 12 inch large format.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cardi-b-live-events-fewer-issues-meet-the-new-rolling-stone-1530529320|title=Cardi B, Live Events, Fewer Issues: Meet the New Rolling Stone|last=Trachtenberg|first=Jeffrey A.|website=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=July 2, 2018|access-date=November 3, 2019|archive-date=November 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103193942/https://www.wsj.com/articles/cardi-b-live-events-fewer-issues-meet-the-new-rolling-stone-1530529320|url-status=live}}</ref>