[2] In 1961, the Boston American merged with the Boston Record to become the Boston Record-American, a tabloid that was published throughout the day with five to six editions, including an edition that came out dated the next day so that petty gamblers could check the "street number" on which bookies paid off.

After Hearst Corp. formally suspended publication, buyer Ruppert Murdoch reached back to Boston Herald name, which last appeared on the banner in 1967 in the days between the end of the Boston newspaper strike and the merger of the Herald and Traveler, and removed "American," eliminating the title for good.

[3] On the evening of January 11, 1908, there was a riot of approximately 200 unionized newsboys in front of the Boston American office.

The newsboys had stopped carrying the American after Hearst had increased its cost to them.

When Hearst countered by bringing in non-unionized newsboys, the riot ensued.