'Rolling Stone' managing editor steps down - USA TODAY

Will Dana, managing editor of Rolling Stone magazine, has decided it is "time to move on," parent company Wenner Media announced Thursday. The publisher of the iconic culture magazine did not provide a reason for the leadership change and has not named a successor to Dana, a magazine industry veteran who was responsible for leveraging some of the Stone's star talent, like... Dana's departure comes in the wake of the since-retracted December 2014 article Dana edited, "A rape on campus," by Sabrina Rubin Erdely. The article wove a narrative of rape culture on American college campuses, told through the eyes of an anonymous source, called "Jackie," who said she experienced a brutal gang rape at the hands of University of Virginia fraternity members. Both Dana and Wenner declined to comment on whether the discredited story was a factor in Dana's decision. Dana issued an apology on behalf of the magazine, saying, "The fact that there is a story that appears in Rolling Stone in which I don't have complete confidence is deeply unsettling to me. ". Jann Wenner, chairman of Wenner Media, called Dana... Source: www.usatoday.com