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Arbitron Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend; Holds Annual Stockholders' Meeting

PR Newswire (Wed, 4:00PM)
U.S. Smartphone Users Spend More Time With Their Phones Than U.K. and China Smartphone Users

PR Newswire (Tue, 1:00PM)
Arbitron Inc. Reports 2013 First Quarter Financial Results

PR Newswire (May 7, 2013)
College Hoops and Major League Baseball Lift Smartphone Sports Apps

PR Newswire (Apr 25, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Nielsen Holdings N.V.

PR Newswire (Apr 16, 2013)
iPhones Trump Androids for Mobile Commerce App Usage

PR Newswire (Apr 15, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. First Quarter 2013 Earnings Release Scheduled for May 7, 2013

PR Newswire (Apr 10, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. Annual Stockholder Meeting Scheduled For May 21, 2013

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Kapitall • Thu, Apr 4 • 1 Comment
Weekly Online Radio Audience Reaches an Estimated 86 Million Nationally Says New Arbitron/Edison Research Study

PR Newswire (Apr 2, 2013)
Apps Dominate Video Online Consumption Across Seven Arbitron Mobile Smartphone Panels in the U.S., Europe, and Asia

PR Newswire (Mar 27, 2013)
Prime Time Is Peak Time for Mobile Gaming and Social Media

PR Newswire (Mar 20, 2013)
Wi-Fi is the Data Beast of Burden among Smartphone Panelists

PR Newswire (Mar 4, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

PR Newswire (Feb 27, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. Reports 2012 Fourth Quarter And Full Year Financial Results

PR Newswire (Feb 25, 2013)
Japan leads for mobile VoIP use among seven Arbitron smartphone panels in North America, Europe and Asia

PR Newswire (Feb 25, 2013)
United Kingdom is top country for social media on the go across seven Arbitron Mobile smartphone panels in the U.S., Europe and Asia

PR Newswire (Feb 20, 2013)
Apple iPhones Lead Android Smartphones for Time Spent With Gaming Apps

PR Newswire (Feb 12, 2013)
Media Rating Council grants accreditation to four additional Arbitron Portable People Meter markets

PR Newswire (Feb 5, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. And Nielsen Holdings, N.V. Voluntarily Provide FTC Additional Time For Merger Review

PR Newswire (Feb 4, 2013)

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Arbitron Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend; Holds Annual Stockholders' Meeting

PR Newswire (Wed, 4:00PM)
U.S. Smartphone Users Spend More Time With Their Phones Than U.K. and China Smartphone Users

PR Newswire (Tue, 1:00PM)
Arbitron Inc. Reports 2013 First Quarter Financial Results

PR Newswire (May 7, 2013)
College Hoops and Major League Baseball Lift Smartphone Sports Apps

PR Newswire (Apr 25, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Nielsen Holdings N.V.

PR Newswire (Apr 16, 2013)
iPhones Trump Androids for Mobile Commerce App Usage

PR Newswire (Apr 15, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. First Quarter 2013 Earnings Release Scheduled for May 7, 2013

PR Newswire (Apr 10, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. Annual Stockholder Meeting Scheduled For May 21, 2013

PR Newswire (Apr 9, 2013)
Weekly Online Radio Audience Reaches an Estimated 86 Million Nationally Says New Arbitron/Edison Research Study

PR Newswire (Apr 2, 2013)
Apps Dominate Video Online Consumption Across Seven Arbitron Mobile Smartphone Panels in the U.S., Europe, and Asia

PR Newswire (Mar 27, 2013)
Prime Time Is Peak Time for Mobile Gaming and Social Media

PR Newswire (Mar 20, 2013)
Wi-Fi is the Data Beast of Burden among Smartphone Panelists

PR Newswire (Mar 4, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

PR Newswire (Feb 27, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. Reports 2012 Fourth Quarter And Full Year Financial Results

PR Newswire (Feb 25, 2013)
Japan leads for mobile VoIP use among seven Arbitron smartphone panels in North America, Europe and Asia

PR Newswire (Feb 25, 2013)
United Kingdom is top country for social media on the go across seven Arbitron Mobile smartphone panels in the U.S., Europe and Asia

PR Newswire (Feb 20, 2013)
Apple iPhones Lead Android Smartphones for Time Spent With Gaming Apps

PR Newswire (Feb 12, 2013)
Media Rating Council grants accreditation to four additional Arbitron Portable People Meter markets

PR Newswire (Feb 5, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. And Nielsen Holdings, N.V. Voluntarily Provide FTC Additional Time For Merger Review

PR Newswire (Feb 4, 2013)
Arbitron Inc. Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Earnings Release Scheduled for February 25, 2013

PR Newswire (Jan 24, 2013)

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Sector: Services

Industry: Marketing Services

Country: United States

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Wednesday, May 22, 4:16 PM Arbitron (ARB) declares $0.10/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 0.86%. For shareholders of record June 17. Payable July 1. Ex-div date June 13. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, May 7, 5:20 PM Arbitron (ARB): Q1 EPS of $0.72 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $111.8M (+5.1% Y/Y) beats by $0.62M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Wednesday, February 27, 6:54 PM Arbitron Inc. (ARB) declares $0.10/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 0.85%. For shareholders of record Mar. 15. Payable Apr. 01. Ex-div date Mar. 13. (PR) 1 Comment [Dividends]
Monday, February 25, 5:13 PM Arbitron (ARB): Q4 EPS of $0.68 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $124.7M beats by $1.05M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 11:28 AM Nielsen's (NLSN -1.2%) costly acquisition of Arbitron (ARB -0.5%) isn't knocking the socks off of industry watchers. The common refrain is that instead of making a play for an online upstart such as Rentrak, the company curiously opted to see if two ratings dinosaurs can evolve together. Bernstein's Todd Juenger on the marriage: "Seems to us like a zig when people were asking for a zag." Comment! [Consumer]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 12:45 PM Midday top 10 gainers: BOSC +83%. OPXA +31%. MEIP +30%. ARB +24%. RNIN +21%. VNDA +21%. III +18%. NVGN +16%. SNFCA +14%. GDP +14%.
Midday top 10 Losers: AWRE -23%. CNH -18%. LEI -17%. GALE -17%. LIVE -16%. CIS -14%. GTAT -13%. MNGA -12%. RCMT -12%. SWHC -10%. Comment! [On the Move]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 9:10 AM Premarket gainers: VNDA +26%. ARB +24%. NOK +5%.
Losers: AWRE -24%. GALE -20%. GTAT -14%. RAS -6%. Comment! [On the Move]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 8:37 AM Nielsen's (NLSN) dramatic purchase of Arbitron (ARB) isn't the only noise the company is making in the media ratings business this week. A new partnership with Twitter will create a metric to track the reach of TV conversation on Twitter before the start of the 2013 fall TV season. The bigger issue: Can a combined Nielsen/Arbitron stay relevant in the evolving TV-everywhere landscape? Comment! [Consumer]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 7:13 AM Nielsen Holdings (NLSN) plans to acquire peer Arbitron (ARB) for $48 a share, marking a 26% premium over yesterday's closing price. The company estimates the $1.26B deal for the media ratings firm will be close to $0.13 accretive to EPS a year after the close and approximately $0.19 accretive after two years. Comment! [M&A, Consumer]
Monday, December 17, 2012, 5:09 PM Arbitron (ARB) announced change in payment date of quarterly dividend to Dec. 31 from previously announced Jan. 02. However, the records date remains unchanged at Dec. 14. (PR) 1 Comment [Dividends]
Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 5:18 PM Arbitron Inc. (ARB) declares $0.10/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 1.13%. For shareholders of record Dec. 14. Payable Jan 2. Ex-div Dec. 12. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 8:29 AM Arbitron (ARB): Q3 EPS of $0.59 misses by $0.01. Revenue of $114.3M (+8.3% Y/Y) beats by $4M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 4:38 PM Arbitron (ARB) declares $0.10/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 1.13%. For shareholders of record Sep 17. Payable Oct 01. Ex-div date Sep 13. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, July 19, 2012, 7:16 AM Arbitron (ARB): Q2 EPS of $0.37 beats by $0.06. Revenue of $104.4M (+9.1% Y/Y) beats by $4M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, May 31, 2012, 7:56 AM Piper Jaffray calls the recent drop in shares of Arbitron (ARB) a buying opportunity, with the market undervaluing a possible deal between the company and Pandora to measure online programming. Comment! [Consumer]
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7:32 AM Arbitron (ARB): Q1 EPS of $0.64 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $106.4M (+5.5% Y/Y) in-line. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]

Chris DeMuth Jr.
$ARB arb: I think that it is reasonable to expect the Nielsen-Arbitron deal to be blocked by the FTC, which the $ARB price does not reflect
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SafisKusai: this would hurt the consumer. i dont remember the ftc makign a big deal when nielson sold EDI to rentrak making them the sole movie analytic
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bomby123: If blocked Nielson pays 131M fee. 38 pre merger+4.87 breakup fee = fall to 42.87 conserv est. I don't see the play unless high prob of block
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
Arb $ARB: The Nielsen deal with Arbitron appears to be more problematic than that market has priced in, due to unresolved antitrust issues.
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Special Situations, Arbs, Odd Lots, Tenders: are you short? I still think it gets done, though not sure of timeline
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Chris DeMuth Jr.: Not something that I would answer. However, the market appears to me to be unconcerned with the antitrust-related deal risk. I am not.
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Channeling: ARB up 7% today to $28. Stock has been rangebound, bouncing between $25 & $31. Thin options.
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$ARB arb: I think that it is reasonable to expect the Nielsen-Arbitron deal to be blocked by the FTC, which the $ARB price does not reflect
Tue, 2:09 PM
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SafisKusai: this would hurt the consumer. i dont remember the ftc makign a big deal when nielson sold EDI to rentrak making them the sole movie analytic
Tue, 6:04 PM
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bomby123: If blocked Nielson pays 131M fee. 38 pre merger+4.87 breakup fee = fall to 42.87 conserv est. I don't see the play unless high prob of block
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
Arb $ARB: The Nielsen deal with Arbitron appears to be more problematic than that market has priced in, due to unresolved antitrust issues.
Mar 26, 4:37 PM
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Special Situations, Arbs, Odd Lots, Tenders: are you short? I still think it gets done, though not sure of timeline
Mar 26, 10:32 PM
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Chris DeMuth Jr.: Not something that I would answer. However, the market appears to me to be unconcerned with the antitrust-related deal risk. I am not.
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