The National Magazine of Bermuda
Media Kit
2017
Editorial As the island’s leading magazine, The Bermudian prides itself on being the distinctive voice of all that is best about Bermuda since 1930. With four spectacular issues every year, we celebrate the people, places, events, arts and culture our readers want to know about. We are proud to celebrate all that is best about Bermuda bringing our readers in-depth stories, stunning photography, historical perspectives, informative calendars of events and, of course, our highlyanticipated annual awards features. Our readers are discerning, educated and sophisticated. In every edition we aim to bring them the quality editorial and sophisticated design that has been the key to The Bermudian’s success for over 80 years. Tina Stevenson Editor & Publisher
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As soon as I get the magazine from my post office I am so excited. I hurry home, pour myself a glass of wine and read it from cover to cover. It is my life line to my beautiful Island. Suzanne Kaulbach Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Readership + Distribution As the national magazine of Bermuda, The Bermudian goes all over the world! With a total readership of 10,000+, The Bermudian has a loyal, mature, affluent, educated audience and they spend 1.5 hours reading the magazine — a number much higher than the industry average. The Bermudian is available at most local pharmacies, grocery stores, bookstores, reception areas, schools as well as the airport and library. In addition to the 1,000 loyal subscribers to the print magazine, both locally and worldwide, we boast over 7,500 visitors per month to TheBermudian.com.
55%
of our readers have a household income of over $100,000 or higher per year
of our readers have a college degree
53%
of our readers recently purchased a product or service advertised in The Bermudian
GENDER: Female 72% Male 23%
67% of our readers own their own home
Our readers are interested in travelling (88%), art (73%), music (73%), entertaining (68%), gardening (62%), interior decorating (58%), shopping (56%), sports (44%) and dance (33%).
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Editorial Calendar The secret to The Bermudian’s success lies in our editorial content. Since 1930, The Bermudian has chronicled island life — reporting on people, politics, architecture, homes, culture and the environment. As a leisure guide, The Bermudian continues to be the indispensable authority on the island scene, covering music, the arts, restaurants and cultural events.
Regular sections in every issue:
From the Crows Nest: Seasonal happenings in culture, news, events and more • Home & Garden: Resources & inspiration • Locals: Leaders, heroes, icons • Famous Onions: Authors, athletes, artists • The Scene: Art, culture, sports • Landlubber’s Guide to the America’s Cup • On the Town: Food, drink, fun • Milestones: Anniversaries and rememberance • Etc: Letters, odds & ends
SPRING – Publishes March 15, 2017 22nd Annual Building Design Awards
SUMMER – Publishes June 15, 2017 27th Annual Best of Bermuda Awards
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FABULOUS Bermudian magazine Spring issue. You do such a great job and this issue in particular kept me reading from cover to cover. Your magazine is truly a Bermuda treasure…keep up the great work! Jennifer Grey — Executive Director, The Bermuda National Trust
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PLUS: • Up Front: The Editor’s page • Naturally Speaking: Bermuda’s natural environment • Healthy Bermuda: Keeping locals healthy • That’s Life! A Letter From London: Humour • Food & Drink • Afternoon & Evening: Charitable events and party pix
FALL – Publishes September 15, 2017 Made in Bermuda Awards
* Featured articles and calendar are subject to change
Winter – Publishes December 1, 2017 15th Annual Product & Service Awards
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DOCKYARD: Home of BY W.C. STEVENSON If you haven’t noticed already, an exciting new chapter in Bermuda’s history is being written in Dockyard these days. The world’s premier sailing competition, the America’s Cup, is coming to our shores in 2017. Between now and June next year, a lot will be changing around the historic Dockyard as it gears up to play host to the 35th edition of the cup, which happens every three to five years. Construction for the America’s Cup village is already underway, and will provide exciting new changes on Ireland Island. Reclamation work in the South Basin will add eleven additional acres to the island, beginning with a significant amount of
a forbidding stone edifice dominating the skyline, was built by convicts as a military barracks. Subsequently, it served as a prison whose thick, impregnable walls are reminiscent of the Bastille. Now in Continued on page 2
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dredging and the laying of a steel foundation. The America’s Cup is the oldest international sporting trophy in the world and the pinnacle of yacht racing. The winner of the trophy is determined through a series of one-on-one match races between the holders of the cup, the defender, and a challenger. Similar to Formula One, winning requires teams to harness the twin forces of cutting edge technology and unparalleled tactical nous, resulting in one of the most spectacular competitions ever to grace the international sporting stage. Beating out bids from San Diego and Chicago, the decision by defending champion Team Oracle USA to stage the event in Bermuda, a British territory, marked the first time an AmeriContinued on page 2
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BY ELIZABETH JONES Officially, Bermuda has just two towns, the City of Hamilton and the Town of St. George. But arguably the Royal Naval Dockyard, locally known as Dockyard and situated on the western tip of the island, has so many amenities it could be seen as the island’s third town. Boasting Bermuda’s largest museum, a marina, a shopping mall, restaurants and an authentic British pub, as well as a number of arts related centres, Dockyard is one of Bermuda’s key attractions. In fact for many of our visitors arriving on the island by ship, Dockyard is their first destination since it is currently the only port suitable for mega cruise ships. It can easily be explored on foot and during the cruise ship season by Segway and or by train. Scenically, Dockyard is always engaging for its views of yachts,
tugs, and pilot boats, for its cruise ships and ferries. When berthed at Dockyard, the Spirit of Bermuda, a schooner designed by the Bermuda Sloop Foundation to train Bermuda’s youth in maritime arts, recalls the days when Grassy Bay was filled with sailing ships. Casemates,
THE AMERICA’S CUP 2017 The Bermudian Publishing Company is thrilled to produce a one time only, very special issue of The Dockyard Times for 2017 — “aMerica’s cuP 2017”
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This 20 + page tabloid newspaper will be dedicated entirely to The America’s Cup in Bermuda covering the history, the races, the boats and the people. It will also carry details of the racing schedules, standings to date and information on Dockyard and the America’s Cup Village, appealing to visitors and locals alike.
Available from May through June 2017 and until stocks last
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History
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America’s Cup Through the Years
Profiles Skippers and Team Profiles
exPlainers 1. Rules for this Year’s Cup 2. ACWS Wrap-up 3. The Science of AC Sailing 4. How the America’s Cup Series Works
features 1. Bermuda Red Bull youth team 2. How the America’s Cup came to Bermuda 3. AC Legacy (Endeavour) 4. Economic Impact
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BY W. C. STEVENSON From 1919 until the closing of the Dockyard in 1951, the Commissioner’s House was actually a ship called the HMS Malabar. It did not sail, or motor, or even float, but it was a ship nonetheless. The British, with infinite patience for tradition, have a habit of commissioning such houses as ships, and the HMS Malabar was one of them. Unsurprising, considering that the building served as allied HQ for North Atlantic radio interceptions during WWII. But that is only a sliver of the story. Edward Holl, Chief Architect of the Royal Navy, designed the extraordinary building in 1822. Construction began in 1823 and was complete by 1827. Commissioner’s House was designed with cast iron replacing all structural wood, and was the first residential building in the Western Hemisphere to utilise cast-iron framing. The floor framing, truss-work and verandah pillars are iron castings fabricated in England that were transported to Bermuda aboard sailing ships for assembly according to Holl’s plan. Like many other Dockyard buildings, the walls of Commissioner’s House are hard Bermuda limestone, which was quarried and shaped into blocks by convicts from Britain, and lesser numbers of local workers and slaves. In its early years of
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