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It wasn't so easy for legendarily wry Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger to praise Jann Wenner on Monday night. Jagger was invested with the job of inducting Wenner into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — an organization Wenner founded 19 years ago, by the way. Jagger came to praise Wenner, not to bury him. But in highlighting the publisher's achievements in the early days of Rolling Stone magazine, Jagger wound up pointing out the current scrappy and tabloidy ways of Wenner's other magazine, Us Weekly, for contrast and comparison. He said, 'A bad review in Rolling Stone could ruin sales, but a scandalous story in Us could ruin your life.' Then, with a Jagger-esque twinkle in his eye, the 60-year-old bad-boy singer added, 'Rolling Stone is a beacon on a newsstand that contains The Star, the National Enquirer and,' he paused for effect, 'Us Weekly.' Ouch! Jagger also recalled Wenner's attempt to interview him recently for a long piece in Rolling Stone, as the publisher had invented 'the very long interview' many decades ago. During the process, Wenner declared, 'I feel like a cub reporter!' Jagger replied, 'A cub reporter with a G4 Gulfstream [private jet] waiting for you!' Now, not to minimize the incredible impact and influence of Rolling Stone in its early days, Jagger — who wore black track shoes, jeans, an open-collared Oxford shirt and a blazer to this black-tie event — recalled what news coverage of the pop world was like before Rolling Stone began publication in 1967. 'There were magazines called 16 and Tiger Beat,' he said. 'They would ask you if you liked blondes or brunettes, what kind of soda you liked. Do you remember, Keith?' he said in an aside from the podium to bandmate Keith Richards. They posed you with sheepdogs in airports,' he said. 'Then Rolling Stone came along and innocent triviality was swept aside. They wanted to know your opinions of Vietnam, the Beatles and your sexual preference.' Jagger is a phenomenon, certainly. A
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