Porter Bibb is an American

United States

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 media producer and publisher. He is best known for being the first publisher of Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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magazine.

Bibb is a senior investment banker specializing in media, entertainment, and technology ventures. He launched the first investment banking 'boutique' in London in 1962 and was part of the team which created Bankers Trust

Bankers Trust

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's highly successful investment banking unit in 1977, completing over 300 media and entertainment transactions in less than five years. For over 15 years, he was principal, senior partner and director of investment banking at Ladenburg Thalmann

Ladenburg Thalmann

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.

Bibb is also a former White House correspondent for Newsweek

Newsweek

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magazine; the first publisher of Rolling Stone magazine; and former Corporate Development Director for The New York Times Company. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling biography of Ted Turner

Ted Turner

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...

 (Random House, 1993/1997). Bibb is a graduate of Yale University

Yale University

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 (BA/Hist) and holds graduate certificates from both the Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School

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 and London School of Economics

London School of Economics

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Books authored

CB Bible, Doubleday, 1976

Disco Inferno: An Illustrated Novel, Dolphin, 1979

It Ain't As Easy As It Looks: Ted Turner's Amazing Story, Crown, 1993

Filmography

Gimme Shelter (1970) - associate producer

Year of the Woman (1973) - producer

External links

• "Fans seek to rescue Hamptons' NPR station"