The redesign introduces opportunities for advertisers, with a new ad strategy: “impact without distraction,” the company states.

Article pages will feature “a single, custom high-impact ad unit,” known as Canvas.

Advertisers can also support editorial content via section sponsorships -- all content will remain editorially independent.

The launch partners for the redesigned site include Casper and Nuclear Matters.

When Hughes bought New Republic, he aimed to transform the 101-year-old magazine into a vertically integrated digital media company. A large part of the editorial staff didn’t see eye-to-eye with Hughes’ vision, and 10 longtime writers quit last December.

New Republic’s redesign is a manifestation of Hughes’ ideas for the future of the publication. Two editorial formats were introduced that focus on mobile-first, shareable editorial content.

The publication earns over 50% of its traffic from mobile. 60% of the multiplatform audience is between the ages of 18 and 44, with female readership comprising 43% of the overall audience.

“We need to be the voice of creative thinkers who are united by the collective desire to challenge the status quo,” stated Guy Vidra, CEO of the New Republic.

Minutes is a mobile-first, editorial product that gives readers real-time analysis on breaking news, developing stories, and live events.

Signal, the other new editorial format, is a shareable element on every article page, a feature that gives a soundbite of every story’s argument.

"We've historically appealed to a pretty traditional demographic, but we're now making a concerted effort to reach out to a much younger and diverse group of people — insurgent thinkers who are suspicious of the status quo, and care about the way the world works," Hughes said. "The data says those people are more likely to read our site on mobile phones."