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Newsweek's 'Diana at 50' Cover Stirs Up Controversy...

Newsweek's 'Diana at 50' Cover Stirs Up Controversy...

...and isn't that what they hired Tina Brown for? The cover for this week's double issue features a photoshopped picture of Princess Diana, aged to imagine what she would have looked like, were she alive, at her upcoming 50th birthday, next to her daughter-in-law, Catherine Middleton. Photoshopping a cover isn't new to Newsweek, and a newsweekly, making news, sounds like a good plan, but this might not be the response they hoped for. The Atlantic Wire asks, "How creepy is Princess Diana's ghost on the cover of Newsweek?" and Fishbowl NY echoes the "creepy" tag, while New York Magazine's The Cut wonders if "reverse retouching" is about to become a thing. CJR thinks there must be a gas leak at the Newsweek office. The Los Angeles Times asks, "Shocking, brilliant or just plain cheap?"

What do YOU think?

Above: Newsweek, July 4 & 11, 2011; Creative Director, Dirk Barnett, Director of Photography, Scott Hall, Photography, R. Mutt Studios (Michael Elins)
Cover of the Day, June 22, 2011

Cover of the Day, June 22, 2011

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Welcome to The SPD Cover of the Day. We'll be posting our favorite covers every Monday and Wednesday. Stay tuned for the best and coolest magazine and newspaper covers, as selected by our stellar group of experts.

PIN-UP, Issue 10, spring/summer 2011
Creative Director: Felix Burrichter
Design Director: Dylan Fracareta
Photographers: Derek Galon and Margret Gajek
Cover of the Day, June 10, 2011

Cover of the Day, June 10, 2011

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U+Me, June 3, 2011
Creative Directors: Nancy Campbell and Trevett McCandliss
Director of Photography: Laurie Kratochvil
Photograph: Dreamstime

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