Thank you for your help. I have tried uninstalling the old launcher (including removing my .minecraft folder from my home directory) and installing this new launcher and it appears the result is the same.
I have attached the new crash log. Please let me know if you would like me to provide any additional information.
I too am having this problem. Be wonderful if it could be re-opened and looked into.
Sure thing! Thank you for all your help. This is from the beta launcher.