Steady as she goes?

Ken Whyte, the new Editor/Publisher of Maclean's, had an easy time of it this morning on The Current on CBC, as Anna Maria Tremonti lobbed softballs and he batted them to the bleachers (block that metaphor). Mostly, the interview was a retrospective about Alberta Report, Saturday Night, the National Post and Conrad Black with only a couple of questions about what happens now.

He said essentially said that he wasn't going to do anything surprising or radical, that he thought there was lots of room in the market for a magazine like Maclean's, interested in Canada and world affairs. "Editing is all about picking your spots," he said. Being Publisher and Editor is good for the magazine, he added: "Nobody is in a better position to protect editorial integrity as an editor who is also publisher. When it comes to making a choice between business imperatives and editorial imperatives, the editor must be in a position to strike that balance."

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