# Jam!

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{{Short description|Canadian entertainment news website}}
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'''Jam!''' was a Canadian website which covered entertainment news. It was part of the [Canoe.com](/source/Canoe.com) online portal, formerly owned and operated by [Quebecor](/source/Quebecor) through its [Sun Media](/source/Sun_Media) division, and now owned by [Postmedia Network](/source/Postmedia_Network).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quebecor.com/en/comm/sale-sun-media-corporation%E2%80%99s-english-language-operations-postmedia-closes|title=Sale of Sun Media Corporation’s English-language Operations to Postmedia Closes|date=13 April 2015|website=quebecor.com|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>

Jam! was the only media outlet that published a comprehensive collection of the official Canadian record charts as compiled by [Nielsen](/source/Nielsen_ratings) SoundScan and [Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems](/source/Nielsen_Broadcast_Data_Systems).

[CKXT-TV](/source/CKXT-TV), Sun Media's television station in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), 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,<ref>{{cite news|last=Zerbisias |first=Antonia |title=Sun down |url=http://thestar.blogs.com/azerb/2006/03/more_blood_on_t.html |format=Blog |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=2006-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118123116/http://thestar.blogs.com/azerb/2006/03/more_blood_on_t.html |archive-date=2008-11-18 |access-date=2010-03-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> before being removed from the schedule altogether.  One of the hosts of the show, [Chris Van Vliet](/source/Chris_Van_Vliet), announced on the programme in February 2010 that he would be leaving the show to join the [CBS](/source/CBS) affiliate in [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland) as their entertainment reporter.  His co-host [Tara Slone](/source/Tara_Slone) re-located in August 2010 to [Calgary](/source/Calgary) to become co-host of [Breakfast Television](/source/Breakfast_Television) on [CityTV Calgary](/source/CKAL-TV).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.btcalgary.ca/inside/|title=Show Notes - Show Notes - Breakfast Television Calgary|website=Breakfast Television Calgary|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Music|Canada}}
* [Canadian Albums Chart](/source/Canadian_Albums_Chart)
* [Canadian Singles Chart](/source/Canadian_Singles_Chart)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150529004419/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/] Site at web archive

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