The Boulevard Magazine
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The Boulevard is a Long Island/New York City Regional Variety magazine owned by Anton Community Newspapers. Founded in 1997, it was well received as a bi-monthly newspaper inserted into selective weekly newspapers in and around Long Island's famous Gold Coast.
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[edit] History
The magazine began as a newspaper featuring mostly charity events, minor celebrity stories and special features that catered to the higher class villages of the Nassau County North Shore Communities, commonly referred to the "Gold Coast".
[edit] Newspaper to Magazine
Publisher and CEO, Angela Susan Anton, had a dream and vision of taking The Boulevard to the next level. In October 2006,she took that dream and made it a reality. By coordinating with Jason Feinberg, the Boulevard was transformed into an elegant glossy magazine featuring Dina Lohan, mother of Lindsay Lohan as the cover. Celebrity Photographer Patrick McMullan signed on as the Magazine's lead photographer.
[edit] Sections and changes
The Boulevard, in its first three issues, contained additional sections of Travel, Design, Charity Events, Celebs, The Island, Fashion, Wine & Dine and Photo Gallery.
By the forth issue, the Magazine underwent slight design changes, streamlining the colors and better defining the sections. The sections changed were: Charity Events to Events, The Island to Lifestyle, Celebs to Profiles, and a Health Section was added.
[edit] Distribution
As of April 2007, the Boulevard was circulated via the Anton Community Newspapers to 41,000 homes with the median income of about $180k per household. It is distributed to over 400 locations on Long Island. Readership is about fifty to sixty five thousand (estimated).
[edit] Celebrity Features and Covers
Featured Celebrities: In addition to Long Island Mom, Dina Lohan, the Boulevard has featured Dr. Max Gomez, formerly of NBC News, Rock Legend Joan Jett, Money Man Steve Forbes, Stylist Clinton Kelly, Singer Chaka Kahn, Lordes, Mayheim Poets, Beverly Mitchell, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass and Kathy Griffin.
[edit] Parties
Parties: The Boulevard has created an additional name for itself with its parties. Typically a Cover party is hosted in New York City or Long Island once every other month. The parties are featured in the next issue of the magazine. Additionally, the Magazine and its parties have been featured in the Daily News Page Six, Liz Smith, Newsday, the Post and several online media and radio outlets.
The Boulevard magazine was originally oversized pages as a newspaper. The magazine shrank to the conventional 8 1/2 X 11 in 2006.
