I don't currently have any of these, but again, they're inexpensive. Also, pay no mind to colors or backgrounds because those things are simply options within the theme. Anyhow, these are designs and layouts I like for this:

...................................

http://royalwpthemes.com/blogster/-

-I like this one a lot, personally.

http://demo.color-theme.com/?theme=NewsTrick

-The layout options and flexibility on this may be the best of the bunch.

http://themeforest.net/item/business-magazine-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/3967039

http://themeforest.net/item/piccione-responsive-newsmagazine-theme/full_screen_preview/3945698

http://themeforest.net/item/magzimize-bold-news-magazine-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/3894397

http://themeforest.net/item/metro-magazine-responsive-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/3834138

http://themeforest.net/item/superchanger-responsive-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/3841097

http://themeforest.net/item/trustme-responsive-wordpress-magazine-blog/full_screen_preview/3796526

http://themeforest.net/item/forward-modular-magazine-theme/full_screen_preview/3802402

^This is an interesting layout IMO.

http://themeforest.net/item/momento-newsmagazineblog-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/3034530

http://themeforest.net/item/gameday-wordpress-sports-media-theme/full_screen_preview/3777874

^I like this one, but it's a little too similar to Bleacher Report.

http://themeforest.net/item/business-news-responsive-magazine-news-blog/full_screen_preview/3650529

....................

Layout wise, none of these are really along the lines of The Classical. I like these because they are all clean and well organized, with plenty of front page access to everything.

Thoughts?