 The "Boston American" featured the "American Sunday Monthly Magazine".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.In 1972, it merged with the "Boston Herald Traveler" (no hyphen) to become the "Boston Herald-Traveler and Record American", a broadsheet that eventually was renamed the "Boston Herald-American" and is now the "Boston Herald".