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Julie Adam Adds CARAS Chair Elect To Her Credentials List

The Rogers Sports & Media President has previously served as a board member for the Juno Awards and MusiCounts and was instrumental in helping CARAS navigate the pandemic and plan the 50th-anniversary show in Toronto last year.

 

Julie Adam Adds CARAS Chair Elect To Her Credentials List

By FYI Staff

Julie Adam has been named Chair-Elect of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), effective immediately.


The Rogers News & Entertainment president has previously served as a board member for the Juno Awards and MusiCounts and was instrumental in helping CARAS navigate the pandemic and plan the 50th-anniversary show in Toronto last year.

In a statement, Adam says: “My love and respect for music and the artists, along with the creators and industry behind it, is immense. My passion for music is the entire reason I pursued a career in media, and it is an incredible privilege and honour to be part of The Juno Awards and MusiCounts.”

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Continuing: “Throughout my time on the Board, it’s been inspiring to partner with industry leaders year-after-year to help ensure Canada’s music scene continues to flourish. I’m excited to continue to work alongside this group as we evolve and modernize the ways in which we support Canadian musicians.”

At Rogers Sports & Media, she is responsible for driving strategy and overseeing the management and development of the company’s local and national News & Entertainment brands including Citytv, CityNews, KiSS, 98.1 CHFI and Pacific Content. She is an award-winning media executive and author, who has been recognized as Canada’s first female Vice President of Radio Programming. She is also a past recipient of the Rosalie Award from Radio Trailblazers and the Diversity Champion Award from Women in Communications and Technology.

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Lou Christie (Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco), one of the most beloved teen pop idols of the 1960s and the voice and songwriter behind Billboard Hot 100-topper “Lightnin’ Strikes,” died on June 18, after a long illness. He was 82 years old.

ABillboard obituary reports that the Pennsylvania-born singer "Christie soared to fame in the early ’60s with hits such as 'The Gypsy Cried' and 'Two Faces Have I,' the latter of which reached No. 6 on the Hot 100 in 1963. The star’s biggest hit came three years later, when 'Lightnin’ Strikes' ascended to the chart’s summit, but he would still score a top 10 smash years later in 1969 with 'I’m Gonna Make You Mine.'"

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