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Article: New Republic Gets New Look
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- March 22, 1999
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BETH GARDINER, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
03-22-1999
New Republic Gets New Look
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New Republic, struggling to maintain its niche in the increasingly crowded business of political commentary, is getting a new look.
``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 will boost newsstand sales. With an ocean of political opinion ...