Media ratings service Arbitron Inc will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to resolve claims that it undercounted minority radio listeners, the New York Attorney General’s office said on Wednesday.
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Arbitron, whose shares rose more than 19 percent, will pay $260,000 to resolve claims of fraud and illegality. It also will pay $100,000 to the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters and the Spanish Radio Association to support minority radio, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said in a statement.
The agreement resolves a lawsuit that the office filed in New York Supreme Court against Arbitron in October. The suit accused the company of failing to disclose flaws in its Portable People Meter system, used to compile radio station audience size estimates.
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