Arbitron CEO Skarzynski resigns

The chief executive of radio-ratings company Arbitron unexpectedly resigned Monday as questions were being raised about the truthfulness of his recent congressional testimony. Skarzynski's resignation comes six weeks after he testified about the PPM system in a hearing before a congressional subcommittee. The panel's chairman, Rep Edolphus Towns (D-NY), said Monday that Skarzynski may have "intentionally misled" the panel. Congressional sources said that the resignation was related to Skarzynski's testimony and that subcommittee staff members were reviewing the transcript. Arbitron is to radio what Nielsen is to television: the dominant supplier of audience ratings to ad agencies, marketers and stations. Arbitron surveys listeners and assembles the data on which billions of dollars in advertiser decisions are based.