Arbitron News

The Fresno Bee's Rick Bentley dug into the story of ARB's reissue of the Fresno trends last month and got specifics about what happened and who did it you seldom see in print: "...At first it looked like a ...

Pretty soon you may be hearing a lot more rock music on the radio, less hip-hop, and fewer plugs for the station you're listening to.

Six radio operators, including Clear Channel and Inner City Broadcast, sent a letter to Arbitron outlining their concerns about its Portable People Meter radio audience measuring service.

Arbitron has released its June 2008 RADAR 97 radio network audience report, covering April 5, 2007 to April 2, 2008.

New Portable People Meter system continues to take heat from critics. June 27. 2008 1:41PM Matthew Flamm Radio stations have just received the latest round of unofficial Portable People Meter ratings from ...

Arbitron launches its new Web site for diary measured markets, as a "one stop information resources" for Arbitron subscribers.

NEW YORK TV audience researcher TRA has struck a licensing deal with TiVo to access viewing data from the DVR maker's 1.7 million set-top boxes nationwide.

On Friday, six major broadcasters united to send a letter to Arbitron , expressing their concerns about issues surrounding the PPM.

BMP Radio, which has invested significantly in the San Antonio market, has joined with a trio of top Spanish-language radio broadcasters in the U.S. The foursome has created a Spanish Radio Association ...

WNYC has agreed to make a "voluntary contribution" of $5,000 to the federal government as part of a deal to resolve charges that one of the station's underwriting announcements sounded too much like a ...

Despite protests from some of its PPM clients and others calling for MRC accreditation, Arbitron announced today that it will resume the commercialization of its PPM radio ratings service in eight markets.

Arbitron is set to resume the commercialization of results from its Portable People Meter--a passive electronic measurement device for radio listening--in eight major markets, the radio ratings firm announced ...

Hispanic radio stations and ad agencies fear a huge drop in ratings when Arbitron moves from paper diaries to Portable People Meters to measure radio audiences.

AOL is revamping its popular online radio service Tuesday, adding streams from all 140 CBS Corp.

Emma Ritch - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal Integrated Media Measurement Inc.

ESPN is offering an ESPN HD Radio network to HD stations beginning June 7. Subscribing stations will be able to create customized sports content by choosing from a menu of options online.

The Riverdale Press , a small weekly with a smart reputation for serious journalism published by two generations of the same family, has been sold - following decades of turning down offers.

The jury seems to still be out on alternative rock station WRXP , which was smooth jazz until parent Emmis decided rock had a bigger upside.

Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of the common ...

May 22, 2008: Arbitron had a special guest on its monthly Portable People Meter update call this morning: CBS Radio President/CEO Dan Mason, who was on the line to "present the other side of this debate" in the ...