Newsweek Turns to Tina Tricks: Meet Guest Editor … Stephen Colbert! | The New York Observer

Newsweek Turns to Tina Tricks: Meet Guest Editor … Stephen Colbert! | The New York Observer: "In the two weeks since Newsweek has redesigned, the magazine’s editors have sent out a statement that they intend to sever any and all connection to the turgid, dusty newsweekly of yore. And Jon Meacham, the magazine’s editor, is trying to recapture that age-old magazine editor’s trick for his newly conceived book: buzz.

For the next issue that hits newsstands on June 8, Comedy Central funnyman Stephen Colbert will be Newsweek’s guest editor, The Observer has learned."