Mediagazer: Guardian newspaper to showcase new look and brand new ‘Journal’ section (Guardian)

12:50 PM ET, September 12, 2014

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Guardian:

Guardian newspaper to showcase new look and brand new ‘Journal’ section — The Guardian newspaper will be showcasing a new look from Saturday 13 September, with a completely redesigned Weekend magazine, a brand new ‘Journal’ section featuring long reads, and a generally refreshed look and feel.

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William Turvill / Press Gazette:

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Tara Conlan / Guardian:
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Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:

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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

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John Reynolds / Guardian:

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Jonathan Marino / TheStreet.com:

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

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Viktoria Dendrinou / Wall Street Journal:

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Michael Martina / Reuters:

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Dan Shanoff / Nieman Lab:

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Myles Tanzer / BuzzFeed:
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David Bauder / Associated Press:

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Wall Street Journal:

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Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Microsoft's studio-grade Skype TX for broadcasters is released to manufacturers — Back in April, we reported that Microsoft was targeting broadcasters with the Skype TX, studio grade software “that delivers high quality audio and video output to seamlessly connect broadcast and media productions with people around the world.”

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Patrick Frater / Variety:

Chopflix Launches VoD Service for Asian Movies (EXCLUSIVE) — OTT service built on Vimeo On Demand platform — Los Angeles-based Asia Releasing is to launch an on-demand video service, Chopflix for North American fans of Asian movies. — Chopflix will start with 1,000 library titles and add six new features per month.

Lewis Blackwell / The Drum:

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ABC News:

Government Threatened Foley Family Over Ransom Payments, Mother of Slain Journalist Says … Obama administration officials repeatedly threatened the family of murdered journalist James Foley that they might face criminal charges for supporting terrorism if they paid ransom to the ISIS killers …

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