The owner of the magazine Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner, was a huge Dylan fan: Rolling Stone November 9, 1967 A Letter from the Editor You're probably wondering what we're trying to do. It's hard to say: sort of a magazine and sort of a newspaper. The name of it is Rolling Stone, which comes from an old saying: "A Rolling Stone gathers no moss." Muddy Waters used the name for a song he wrote; The Rolling Stones took their name from Muddy's song, and "Like a Rolling Stone" was the title of Bob Dylan's first rock and roll record.