The much-ballyhooed New Republic relaunch turns out to be a bit of a dud, at least in terms of the print edition. It started out fat, slick, and full of ads, but now it’s just fat and slick.

Current issue (or what we could access – The New Republic website is a total pain the ass):

The magazine has consistently featured 64-68 pages since the relaunch. But this week, there are all of 5 1/2 pages of advertising.

Memo to boy-millionaire publisher Chris Hughes: Do us all a favor and just set fire to your money.