New-look Chatelaine seems to have dispensed with substance altogether

I don't believe I'm alone in wondering how far the transformation of venerable magazine Chatelaine will go. The current (June) issue essentially contains no feature material at all. No profiles. No issues dealt with. Nothing that would qualify as a "good read".  The Chatelaine of old could deftly blend fluff and substance. Now, much of the substance appears to have been jettisoned. 

The magazine

Ken Whyte of Maclean's springs to the defence of Chatelaine publisher Kerry Mitchell

Ken Whyte, the publisher of Maclean's, Canadian Business, Profit and MoneySense  has sprung to the defence of his colleague Kerry Mitchell (right), recently the subject of a critical profile called "There's Something about Kerry" in the Ryerson Review of Journalism.

The article, which relied on both unnamed and named sources, paints a picture of the Chatelaine publisher having an  intrusive

Chatelaine shows six staffers the door

After a brief interval since the appointment of Jane Francisco as editor, after the firing of editor Maryam Sanati, Chatelaine magazine has let go six staffers. According to a posting on the Toronto Freelance Editors and Writers listserv, (confirmed to Masthead by a Rogers spokesman as to numbers) those shown the door were: Rachel Giese,(handling editor) Melanie Morassutti (deputy editor),