Now anyone can be a Rolling Stone columnist, if they pay $2000 up front.

Famed music magazine Rolling Stone has launched a new "culture council" which offers "exclusive members-only benefits" such as peer networking and a community forum. As the website explains:

Rolling Stone Culture Council is a private, vetted community for influencers, tastemakers, and innovators in the worlds of music, entertainment, media, food & beverage, fashion, sports, gaming and cannabis.