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Jan. 5th In Nigeria, a new newspaper appears

TAKEAWAY: On Sunday, Jan. 4, Next on Sunday appeared in the streets of Lagos, Nigeria. It is a colorful broadsheet a companion to what will be the daily tabloid Next. The online edition is already available.  For Dele Olojede, publisher, it is a dream come true, and what he terms the beginning of “the biggest challenge of my career”.

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Dec. 29th Reviewing 2008, projecting into 2009 through Garcia Media projects

TAKEAWAY: As 2008 comes to a close, and as we review the work we have completed over the past 12 months at Garcia Media, we feel especially proud of those projects where we collaborated in the creation of a new newspaper.  This is the last blog posting of 2008. We will resume postings Jan. 5, 2009.

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Dec. 29th Reviewing 2008, projecting into 2009 through Garcia Media projects

TAKEAWAY: As 2008 comes to a close, and as we review the work we have completed over the past 12 months at Garcia Media, we feel especially proud of those projects where we collaborated in the creation of a new newspaper.  This is the last blog posting of the year, and we will keep it on till Jan. 5, 2009.

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Dec. 23rd Garcia Media wishes you a wonderful holiday season

TAKEAWAY: It is time to slow down, to relax and to enjoy the holiday season with family and friends.  We take this opportunity to thank you for making TheMarioBlog part of your daily blog experience. We plan to post a blog reviewing our Garcia Media projects of 2008 later this week.

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Dec. 17th In West Africa: a new newspaper is born—-online first!

TAKEAWAY: At midnight Dec. 18, West African time, a new newspaper made its entrance into the media world. It is appropriately called NEXT, and we are honored to have been part of this project, created, nurtured and engineered by publisher Dele Olojede, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist.

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Dec. 16th In Dubai: the weekend editions turn on the desert heat

TAKEAWAY: The days when the well established Gulf News could relax as the only Weekend newspaper edition worth reading are over: enter The National Weekender and Business 24/7 with colorful, multi section packages.

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Dec. 15th Spanish journalist and blogger, Juan Varela, discusses his craft

TAKEAWAY: Juan Varela’s blog was chosen the best journalistic blog in Spain for 2004 by The Bobs- Deutsche Welle.  Varela is a powerful media critic and analyst. Rodrigo Fino interviews Varela in his Spanish-language blog today. I translate aspects of that interview which I consider of interest to all our visitors here.  The always provocative, always smart Juan Varela offers glimpses into the type of thinking we should all be pursuing.

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Dec. 14th And now….for worst magazine cover of 2008

TAKEAWAY: What happens when design destroys the editor’s good intentions and generally good content? Go no further than the TIME Magazine, Dec. 22 edition, for the answer.

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Dec. 12th USA Today’s Richard Curtis retires. Also: Weekend Sequels

TAKEAWAY: We wish Richard Curtis well as he leaves USA Today; also today, our Weekend Sequels: how The Miami Herald looked as a tab (sketches only), one week of new front pages for Wirtschaft Blatt, and the Chicago papers cover a governor’s scandal.

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Dec. 11th In Italy: Il Secolo XIX chosen Best Regional Daily 2008

TAKEAWAY: A moment of great pride for the team of our client newspaper, Il Secolo XIX,   in Genoa, Italy. The newspaper was chosen this week as the Best Regional Daily 2008 at a ceremony of the Italian Media Awards in Milan. Il Corriere della Sera won the Best National Newspaper prize.

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Dec. 10th Sports dailies in France: are 3 too many? How about four?

TAKEAWAY: When you ride Paris’ immaculate subway, the Metro, in early morning, you notice the number of young men who read a copy of the sports daily L’Equipe. Now, two other titles try to get on the Metro as well. But is three sports daily newspapers more than the Parisien sports fanatics really need? What’s the score so far?

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Dec. 8th If I could purchase The Miami Herald……

TAKEAWAY: When does it all end? This cycle of bad economic news that seems to numb all of us so that what could have meant horrendous financial news one year ago has now become part of what we hear repeatedly: newspapers laying off employees, newspapers that cease publication, circulation down, revenue disappearing.  Today was particularly hard, as we read that The Miami Herald is looking for a buyer!  In addition, media conglomerate Tribune Co. has filed for bankruptcy protection, pressured by high debts. For me, The Miami Herald is sort of family. How I wish I could buy it, then this is what I’d do……..

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Dec. 5th In Austria: Wirtschafts Blatt introduces new front page

TAKEAWAY: What happens when the newspaper has the right look and feel, outstanding typographic components and good graphics, but something is missing on Page One? The Austrian financial daily, Wirtschafts Blatt, published in Vienna, decided to tackle just that, with much success.

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Dec. 4th A stitch in time: the newspaper that stays together

TAKEAWAY: It is only a couple of almost invisible stitches on the spine of the newspaper, but what a difference they make to readers who can handle their newspaper so much easier. So, why are most newspapers worldwide NOT stitched?

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Dec. 3rd The Obama victory front pages: a collector’s keepsake

TAKEAWAY: We all know that Nov. 4, 2008 was a historic date as Sen. Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. A book published by The Poynter Institute for Media Studies captures the moment in a collection of 75 front pages from the nation’s newspapers.

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