*nod* It's very nicely done. Though it's technically not a redesign but a separate site, so none of the change management issues come into play -- users who don't like it simply don't go there, and their experience remains unchanged, therefore no calls for heads on sticks etc.

We've made much more dramatic changes to the UX on mobile, where there's less user aversion to change. Check out the Night article on mobile. Note how images are already styled differently, and blockquotes are as well (different style of quotes, different typography). The measure is narrower, the font is larger, etc.

We've been gradually porting over these changes to desktop, starting with the typography (which is now default everywhere). Changes to images are next, and we'll hopefully get to the quote styling soon. Edge cases and the 10% where things don't quite look right become much more important when going to desktop - hence moving carefully.

That said, you could take the mobile quotation style and port it over locally.