Jam! was a Canadian website which covered entertainment news. It was part of the
Canoe.com online portal, formerly owned and operated by
Quebecor through its
Sun Media division, and now owned by
Postmedia Network
Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (also known as Postmedia Network, Postmedia News or Postmedia) is an American-owned Canadian-based media conglomerate consisting of the publishing properties of the former Canwest, with primary operations in En ...
.
Jam! was the only media outlet that published a comprehensive collection of the official Canadian record charts as compiled by
Nielsen SoundScan and
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.
CKXT-TV, Sun Media's television station in
Toronto
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, aired a nightly entertainment magazine series, ''Inside Jam!''. However, due to low ratings the program's airtime was reduced substantially. Effective March 24, 2006, the show went from a daily program to a weekend-only show, before being removed from the schedule altogether. One of the hosts of the show,
Chris Van Vliet, announced on the programme in February 2010 that he would be leaving the show to join the
CBS affiliate in
Cleveland
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as their entertainment reporter. His co-host
Tara Slone re-located in August 2010 to
Calgary
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to become co-host of
Breakfast Television
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on
CityTV Calgary.
See also
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Canadian Albums Chart
The ''Billboard'' Canadian Albums is the official record chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music according to certain criteria during a given ...
*
Canadian Singles Chart
The Canadian music charts are a collection of record charts reflecting the music consumption of people in Canada. '' RPM'' and '' Billboard'' are the biggest publications to have published Canada's official charts for decades. However, the first ...
References
External Links
Site at web archive
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Canadian entertainment websites