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. The magazine is owned by Metrocorp Publishing, a Philadelphia-based publishing company, that acquired the magazine in 1970. 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. Former editors-in-chief include Carly Carioli, John Wolfson, and Andrew Putz. In May 2015, Boston magazine was awarded by the City and Regional Magazine Association.

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