joining me is jann wenner. in addition to being co-founder, editor and publisher, also head of wenner media, the parent group. and gus wenner, head of digital operations at wenner media. i am pleased to have them at this table to mark this occasion, 50 years of rolling stone. what an amazing, amazing book and amazing journey it has been through american culture and politics and personalities. but way back then, what were you thinking? >> well, i was just a rock and roll fan, a rock and roll crazy kid and wanted to have something to do with the music. i saw how much i enjoyed and life it was giving me and how much joy and pleasure, i quickly found out i wasn't going to be in a band. so what i kind of knew how to do was journalism. i worked on a college newspaper and high school newspaper, so it seemeda way in. there wasn't a good magazine or kind of outlet at the time about rock and roll and what it had become under the beatles and stones and dylan. it was something about high-quality music and not just for teen

years of rolling stone, it is been a reflection of our culture, and we owe a debt of gratitude to jann wennertting together a magazine that we loved, and in some cases became a friend. thank you. congratulations. jann: from somebody i admire very much, that is great to hear. charlie: thank you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg technology." president trump launched out at his critics today during an address of u.s. coast guard officers. of 2017 to the class "fight, fight, fight" when facing challenges in adversity. he says no politician in history has been treated more unfairly than he has. a white house senior official tells bloomberg that president trump has decided not to immediately move the u.s. embassy in israel to jerusalem. .rump had promised such a move the s

anniversary with a new book "50 years of rolling stone," featuring an introduction by co-founder jann wennerin san francisco, what the hell did you think you were doing? >> well, i didn't know. i was a kind of wild rock and roll kid who loved music and wanted to do something about that, but i had no idea what it would ultimately become, such a big mainstream publication and talking to presidents and going to the oval office and air force one and doing all that. >> and rock and roll too. >> it all stems from rock and roll. when we in the beginning, we had the beatles, the stones. they were beginning to form a world view and a conscious and attitude. it reflected the just coming of age baby boom, which is kind of a new idea about politics. they had a kind of a social mission at its core even then. people didn't see that right away. we did see that. we celebrated that. >> you must have been a different kind of kid. you were 21 years old. i marvel at that when you look at the 21-year-olds today. i can remember what i was like at 21. just the fact you could think that at 21. you said you wanted t