In this episode, the “Sound of New York” and Jay-Z’s right hand man, Young Guru, talks about his early love of D.C. “go-go” music, U2 drum breaks and producing Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind”.

Killer week for Team Lipman, as they Walk, don’t run, to the top of the new-release marketshare tally for the week. How’d they do that? By having their Black Sabbath prayers answered, riding their crossover crew Florida Georgia Line (#5) and yucking it up with The Lonely Island (#12) for a combined total of 200k…

Live Nation Entertainment has acquired a majority stake in BDG Music Group, the Baltic region’s largest concert promotion company, according to Live Nation. The group will retain its current management team, although upon completion of the deal, it will be renamed Live Nation Baltics. Full terms of the deal were not disclosed. Since early 2012,…

Years of talk about building an arena capable of hosting professional sports and big-name concerts yielded an announcement Tuesday that casino giant MGM Resorts International and entertainment company AEG will build a privately financed 20,000-seat indoor venue on the Las Vegas Strip. Construction on the $350 million arena should start next summer on land that…

David Israelite, the president and CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association since 2005, will retain his position through 2018, the organization’s board of directors announced today. “David has been an exceptional leader for the publishing and songwriting community and also the larger music industry,” wrote Irwin Robinson, NMPA board chairman, in a statement. “As…