Mediaweek's Tony Case visits the offices of Radar Magazine and talks to editor-in-chief Maer Roshan about what we can expect when the title relaunches in May:

As Roshan pointed out, the planet is much changed since Radar s first effort. I remember writing the very first editor s letter as bombs were dropping on Baghdad, he recalled. It seems like a kind of change has occurred in the culture since then. It doesn t mean we will be a somber magazine by any means, but it means that we ll hit different notes. We re older and wiser—and smarter, hopefully.

It's good to see the war is giving their Brad and Jen coverage more gravitas.

Radar's also going all Swan, changing its look—for the better:

In terms of graphic style, the busy, tabloid-inspired look of old gives way to a slicker, cleaner, more colorful and more photo-driven layout—less reminiscent of 80s mainstay Spy (to which Radar was compared) and more akin to the defunct Talk (where Roshan once toiled).

Emulating one of the most successful magazines in recent memory: smart. We're huge fans of Talk! Our mailman must be too, since he's been stealing our copies of the magazine for the last three years. And the newsstand sales must be insane, since every time we go to pick up a copy of the magazine, no one in New York has it.

If Radar can be half that successful, they should consider themselves very, very lucky.

Radar Preps for Its Second Shot [Mediaweek]
Radar [official site]