The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Friday confirmed a lawsuit against radio ratings provider Arbitron Inc., saying the company’s new methods of tracking ratings are unfair to minority stations. Mr. Cuomo claims Arbitron new Portable People Meters, or PPMs, are not representative of racial diversity. The service, which measures audiences in New York and other states, is...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) announced today that it has asked the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey for a declaratory judgment and
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) today confirmed the use of Portable People Meter(TM) radio audience estimates as the basis for buy/sell transactions of radio commercial time among subscribing stations, agencies and adverti...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ) today confirmed the use of Portable People Meter(TM) radio audience estimates as the basis for buy/sell transactions of radio commercial time among subscribing stations, agencies and advertisers. The Company also stated that the September 2008 PPM(TM) survey month (August 21-September 17) ratings released to its subscribers...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) announced today that it has asked the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, for a declaratory judgment and
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) announced today that it has commercialized its Portable People MeterTM radio ratings services in eight new
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said he intends to sue Arbitron Inc. over the planned rollout of a new electronic radio-ratings system in New York, saying it may drastically reduce advertising revenue at minority radio stations.In a letter dated Thursday, Mr. Cuomo's office indicated that it intends to begin litigation against the New York media and marketing company over its Portable...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) - Arbitron Inc. said Monday it asked a federal court to prevent New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo from blocking distribution of ratings results derived from its Portable People Meter measurements in that state.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) today announced that it will release its third quarter 2008 results on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 during pre-market hours.
Mediabuyerplanner (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Arbitron Inc. announced today that the company will not produce a Portable People Meter Weekly report in Houston for Oct. Week 1 (Sept. 18 through Sept. 24, 2008) due to the impact of Hurricane...
Industry Analyst Reporter News (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) announced today that it has filed comments with the Federal Communication Commission opposing a petition to the FCC that asks for an investigation into the Arbitron Portable People MeterTM radio ratings service.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) announced that it will present at the C.L. King Best Ideas Conference 2008, which will take place Wednesday, September 17th and
Mediabuyerplanner (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Arbitron plans to add cell phone-only households to its survey sample in 125 markets beginning with the Fall 2009 survey, the company announced today. The company's goal is to sample cell phone-only...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
The Washington Post , "A little black box no bigger than a cigarette pack is at the heart of a multibillion-dollar dispute in the radio business. The box, some fear, could alter long-held notions about what's popular on the radio -- and hence who profits from it. The box is a new electronic audience-ratings device called a portable people meter. When people who are recruited by Arbitron Inc....
SaveWRKO (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... test so the embattled WPRO-AM personality can prove he had nothing to do with fraudulent Arbitron Inc. diaries that led to a revision in spring ratings for the Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket market. “I will pay for a polygraph for John DePetro to clear his name,” said Dave Barber, reporter and talk show host for Capitol TV at the R.I. State House. Barber told Providence Business News...
