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About CHART Magazine
Now in it's 15th year, Chart Communications' marquee publication CHART
is Canada's longest running consumer music magazine. Published ten times per year, it is the only Canadian consumer music magazine with a paid subscription and newsstand circulation base. CHART chronicles the Canadian and international music scenes and other forms of art and communication including film, books, zines, videos, TV, games, the Internet, pop culture and fashion. The magazine is published ten times per year and the current October 2004 magazine represents issue number 160. The editorial focus remains music and youth culture with a strong Canadian mandate.
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The magazine began as an eight-page photocopied newsletter covering the local music scene. It quickly expanded into a full-colour glossy international magazine committed to fostering and promoting the Canadian music scene and its growth, while maintaining its editorial independence and integrity. In contrast to other North American magazines which focus mainly on established acts, CHART follows the buzz - breaking the up-and-coming hot new bands such as Avril Lavigne, Barenaked Ladies, Our Lady Peace, Sum 41, Matthew Good and many more. It is committed to providing an element of celebrity and excitement in Canada similar to the scene fostered in the U.K. by magazines such as Select and Q.
ChartAttack.com
Launched in 1996, ChartAttack.com is Canada's premier music website. Updated daily, the award-winning music information website is the leading online reference for Canada's music industry and the online accompaniment to CHART Magazine. As the premier Canadian music content supplier to Sympatico.ca, ChartAttack.com was the first online service for the Canadian music/entertainment industry. It serves the market with its in-depth coverage of the Canadian and international music scenes. ChartAttack.com was the first in Canada to launch an email newsletter and it provides the only weekly Canadian campus radio chart.
ChartAttack.com features music news, CD reviews, interviews with Canadian and international artists, contests and much more. It recognizes that Canadians wasnt to know about their home-grown bands and covers the Canadian scene with an edgy attitude and pushing the envelope with its editorial.
The Numbers (for the month of September 2004)
55,774 page views per day (over 1,700,000 page views per month)
486,335 hits per day (over 15 million hits per month)
357,654 unique visitors per month
9.42 minutes session length per user
over 20,000 subscribers to eCHART, ChartAttack.com's weekly email newsletter
(Traffic Report by WebTrends Now)
Specialty Publications and Other Ventures
In recent years, Chart Communications has expanded to include a number of other ventures.
Since the inception of the Edgefest summer concert tour in 1997, Chart
Communications has been the official print media sponsor for the event and publisher of the Official Edgefest Program Guide. In addition to conceiving and creating the FanFest autograph signing sessions, Chart is also responsible for the creation and publishing of the Official Edgefest website and EdgeFest.net. Chart has also produced official souvenir programs for events such as Summersault, Snow Jam, Pop Montreal Festival and others.
In addition, in 1996 Chart Communications and Solutions Research Group combined forces to create In The Name of Cool, the first study to provide a snapshot of the Canadian music consumer. The annual survey represents the first comprehensive consumer information database available to the Canadian music/entertainment industry.
ABOUT CHART COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Chart Communications is an integrated communications and media company based in Toronto. Since its inception in 1990, the company has maintained a level of credibility and expertise both on the street and within the music industry that is unmatched. Chart Communications is the publisher of the leading Canadian music website ChartAttack.com and the country's longest running and most respected music magazine, CHART Magazine. Chart Communications also publishes several special music publications, such as the Official EdgeFest Concert Tour Program Guide and the Summersault Program Guide, and is the media partner for In The Name of Cool, an ongoing syndicated study designed to provide a snapshot of the Canadian music consumer. With a solid 14-year track record, Chart Communications is Canada's number one music and youth culture content provider.
An industry leader, CHART plans to leverage its past success to build a comprehensive and integrated media presence through the magazine, the website and through continuing its specialty publishing and music ventures. With this goal in mind, CHART continues to align itself with like-minded companies and has forged successful relationships with Sympatico.ca, MuchMusic, House of Blues, Clear Channel and EdgeFest.
For sponsorship, advertising inquiries and business development opportunities contact Edward Skira (Publisher) or David Domitrovic at 416-363.3101
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