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ARBITRON INC.
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Shareholder Meeting to be held on May 13, 2008
     
 
Proxy Material Available
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Meeting Information
 
     
Meeting Type:
  Annual Meeting
Meeting Date:
  May 13, 2008
Meeting Time:
  9:00 AM EDT
For holders as of:
  March 20, 2008
 
Meeting Location:
 
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
80 Columbus Circle at 60th St.
Time Warner Center
New York, NY 10023
 

How To Vote
 
     
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Vote In Person
   
 
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Vote By Telephone
   
 
To vote now by telephone, call
 
 
1-800-690-6903.
 
 
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Vote By Mail
   
 
Mark, sign and date your voting form and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.
      


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Except		   To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except”and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.     (BARCODE)  
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote “For” the following.   o   o   o                      
 
                                          
1. Election of Directors                                      
     Nominees                                        
1  Shellye L. Archambeau   2  David W. Devonshire       3  Philip Guarascio   4  William T. Kerr   5  Larry E. Kittelberger      
6 Stephen B. Morris   7  Luis G. Nogales       8  Richard A. Post                      
 
                                          
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s).           For   Against   Abstain      
 
                                          
2 Approval of 2008 Equity Compensation Plan.                   o   o   o      
 
                                          
3 Amendment of the Arbitron Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.                   o   o   o      
 
                                          
                   
 
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.                  
 
                   

     
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