Arbitron Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 (ten cents) per common share ($0.40 per share on an annualized basis). The dividend will be paid on or about April 1, 2011 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 15, 2011.

As of January 31, 2011, there were approximately 27,056,180 shares outstanding.

About Arbitron

Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) is a media and marketing research firm providing insights to the radio, television, cable, online radio and out-of-home industries – as well as to 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™ (PPM™), and PPM 360™, new technologies for media and marketing research.

Portable People Meter™, PPM™ and PPM 360™ are marks of Arbitron Inc.

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