The Slow Decline of Urban Dictionary

There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded ...

Who defines slang now? The slow, ironic decline of Urban Dictionary

Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary hit shelves this November, words that were once defined in basements, at the bar stool or on Urban Dictionary’s back pages got the official legacy lexicographical ...
Los Angeles Times

Census Bureau raises the bar on the definition of ‘urban’ in America

More than 1,100 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas on Thursday as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria.
The Hollywood Reporter

Rodney Shealey Upped to EVP Urban Promotion at Def Jam

Veteran exec will now oversee all label urban promotion activities, including rolling out new releases to radio. By Roy Trakin RODNEY SHEALEY - P 2014 Rodney Shealey has been upped to executive vice ...