It really saddens me to see an established magazine suffering from identity crisis. They've done well with their old layout, so why fix something that's not broken? The new layout is just sad. The goal is to make the magazine look fresh, but it ended up looking tired, even more dated, and pretentious. It's like how Glamour used to look like!
The bar is what makes their magazine standout in the newsstand. And here it is dwindling amongst the rest. Put this beside Vogue, Elle, Bazaar, Glamour... and you'll think that this is a supplement.