Some redesign, eh?

All you media-watchers out there are undoubtedly aware that Time magazine has recently undergone a redesign. The newsweekly changed its publication date from Monday to Thursday, has larger headlines, more columnists and editorials, more white space, and other cosmetic and substantive tweaks.  

Well, it appears that the newsweekly of note to the north, Canada’s Maclean’s, thinks that Time ripped it off. But being Canadian and all, its editors are complaining in a particularly polite way:

Time wrote a special feature on all the deep, original thinking and high-priced design expertise that contributed to its new look. We have to admit, our first impulse was to call foul. Then we remembered we kind of owe Time for all the years we followed its lead. It also occurred to us that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So, after all that, we’ve simply decided to blush.”

To learn more about Maclean’s and its place in Canadian culture and politics, see FP‘s Global Newsstand piece about the magazine from last year, Maple Leaf Rag.

(Hat tip: Gawker)