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Article: `THE NEW REPUBLIC' GETS FACE LIFT.(BUSINESS)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 23, 1999
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Byline: BETH GARDINER Associated Press
NEW YORK -- A venerable political opinion-maker is getting a new look.
The New Republic, struggling to maintain its niche in the increasingly crowded business of political commentary, is slated for an overhaul.
``The magazine as it is now is a pretty gray production,'' editor Charles Lane said Monday from Washington. ``We wanted to reach out to folks who are used to seeing something brighter in what they read. . . . It's going to be a younger look.''
The 85-year-old magazine -- once solidly on the political left but now offering a more centrist Democratic perspective -- hopes its sharper image ...