FTC Puts Conditions on Nielsen’s Proposed $1.26 billion Acquisition of Arbitron

[corrected] Media research company Nielsen Holdings N.V. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its proposed acquisition of Arbitron Inc. may substantially lessen competition.  Nielsen will divest and license assets and intellectual property needed to develop national syndicated cross-platform audience measurement services. Nielsen and Arbitron are developing national syndicated cross-platform audience measurement services, […]