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Company: Arbitron Inc.
Current Parent Company: Nielsen Holdings
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Penalty: $650,000
Year: 2012
Date: March 26, 2012
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Violation Description: The California Attorney General announced a settlement with Arbitron Inc., the nation's dominant provider of radio audience ratings, over allegations that the method it used to collect ratings information discriminated against radio stations with predominantly African-American and Latino audiences.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: business services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: media audience measurement
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