Arbitron Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Arbitron Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ARB) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 (ten cents Ten Cents has several meanings:
Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. basis). The dividend will be paid on or about January 2, 2009 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 15, 2008. As of October 31, 2008, there were approximately 26,385,000 shares outstanding. About Arbitron Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) is a media and marketing research firm serving the media - radio, television, cable, online radio and out-of-home - as well as advertisers and advertising agencies. Arbitron's core businesses are measuring network and local market radio audiences across the United States; surveying the retail, media and product patterns of local market consumers; and providing application software used for analyzing media audience and marketing information data. The company has developed the Portable People Meter The Portable People Meter (sometimes mistakenly "Personal People Meter") or PPM, is a device developed by Arbitron to measure how many people are listening (or at least exposed) to individual radio stations and television stations, including cable TV. (TM), a new technology for media and marketing research. Through its Scarborough Research joint venture with The Nielsen Company, Arbitron provides additional media and marketing research services to the broadcast television, newspaper and online industries. Arbitron's marketing and business units are supported by a world-renowned research and technology organization located in Columbia, Maryland; its executive offices are located in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Portable People Meter(TM) and PPM(TM )are marks of Arbitron Inc. |
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