Boston (magazine) explained

Boston
Publisher:	Metrocorp Publishing
Total Circulation:	83,079^[1]
Circulation Year:	2016
Language:	English
Category:	Lifestyle
Frequency:	Monthly
Editor:	Chris Vogel
Founded:	1805
Country:	United States
Based:	Horticultural Hall Boston, Massachusetts
Issn:	0006-7989

Boston is a monthly magazine concerning life in the Greater Boston area and has been in publication since 1805.

History

Boston magazine was started in 1805.^[2] ^[3]

The magazine is owned by Metrocorp Publishing, a Philadelphia-based publishing company, that acquired the magazine in 1970.^[4] The company also owns Philadelphia magazine. The magazine claims a publication of 500,000 issues per month, its percentage of newsstand copies sold is among the highest of any magazine of any kind in the United States, and it has been named among the best city magazines in the nation nine times in the last ten years by the City and Regional Magazine Association.^[5]

Former editors-in-chief include Carly Carioli, John Wolfson, and Andrew Putz.^[6]

In May 2015, Boston magazine was awarded by the City and Regional Magazine Association.^[6]

Business relationships

Boston magazine has been owned by the Philadelphia-based company Metrocorp Publishing (sometimes rendered in camel case as "MetroCorp") since 1971.^[7] ^[8]
WCVB-TV Channel 5, WBZ NewsRadio, Greater Media, WBUR, and Magic 106.7 collaborate and cross-promote with Boston magazine.
Boston magazine is a member of the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME).

Notes and References

Web site: Total Circ - Consumer Magazines . June 2016. Alliance for Audited Media. February 2, 2017. https://archive.today/20170123200306/http://abcas3.auditedmedia.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp. January 23, 2017. dead.
Web site: Boston by Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce . WorldCat. May 4, 2020.
Book: Paul Lewis. The Citizen Poets of Boston: A Collection of Forgotten Poems, 1789-1820. April 5, 2016. University Press of New England. 978-1-61168-930-3. 223. May 4, 2020.
News: David L. Harris. Owner of Boston magazine dies at 88. "Lipson purchased Boston magazine in 1970." . subscription . May 4, 2020. Boston Business Journal. December 26, 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220116202159/https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2017/12/26/owner-of-boston-magazine-dies-at-88.html . Jan 16, 2022 .
https://web.archive.org/web/20060523224008/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/EDITORIAL/AboutBoston "About Boston"
News: David L. Harris. Another Boston magazine editor-in-chief out after short tenure . subscription . May 4, 2020. Boston Business Journal. December 23, 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220116202154/https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2015/12/anotherboston-magazine-editor-in-chief-out-after.html . Jan 16, 2022 .
Web site: dead . Boston masthead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061111135209/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/EDITORIAL/Masthead_Boston . November 11, 2006 . Boston Magazine .
News: Metrocorp and Philadelphia Magazine Announce Change in Organizational Leadership. January 9, 2017. PR Newswire. April 22, 2003 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170206212635/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/metrocorp-and-philadelphia-magazine-announce-change-in-organizational-leadership-70894797.html . Feb 6, 2017 .