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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2008
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Arbitron Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>52-0278528</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>142 West 57th Street</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New York, New York</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>10019</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ARBITRON INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
(as amended and restated as of May&nbsp;13, 2008)<BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Timothy T. Smith, Esq.<BR>
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Legal and Business Affairs, and Secretary<BR>
Arbitron Inc.<BR>
142 West 57th Street<BR>
New York, NY 10019</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(212)&nbsp;887-1300</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>
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<TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.50 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional securities that may
from time to time be offered or issued under the above - referenced
 plan to
prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
November 20, 2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><b>PART I</b><br><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Arbitron Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) has adopted its Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended, the &#147;Plan&#148;) to enable
employees of the Company to purchase shares of Company common stock on favorable terms through
regular payroll deductions. On March 30, 2001, the Company&#146;s predecessor, Ceridian Corporation,
completed a spin-off of its lines of business other than its radio audience
measurement business to a newly formed company named &#147;New Ceridian&#148; and changed
 its name from Ceridian Corporation to Arbitron Inc.  All references below
 to the Company before March 30, 2001 refer to Ceridian Corporation.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company registered, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), 500,000 shares of its common stock for sale under the Plan on a
Registration Statement on Form S-8, File Number 33-61001 (&#147;Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-61001&#148;),
which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on July&nbsp;13, 1995.
The Company subsequently registered under the Securities Act 1,000,000 additional shares of its
common stock for sale under the Plan on a Registration Statement on Form S-8, File Number 333-58143
(&#147;Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-58143&#148;), which was filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;30, 1998.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Because all of the 500,000 shares of Company common stock registered on Registration Statement
No.&nbsp;33-61001 that could be offered and sold under the Plan had been sold, on July&nbsp;8, 1998 the
Company filed a Post-Effective Amendment to terminate Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-61001.
Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-58143 remains effective.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
As a result of the Company&#146;s two-for-one stock split effected on February 26, 1999,
 the aggregate number of shares authorized under
the Plan increased from 1,500,000 to 3,000,000, and pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act, the number of shares registered under
Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-58143 increased from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000.
As a result of the Company&#146;s one-for-five reverse stock split effected on March 30, 2001,
the aggregate number of shares authorized under the Plan decreased from 3,000,000
to 600,000, and pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act, the number of shares registered under Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-58143 decreased
from 2,000,000 to 400,000.

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 in
order to register an additional 250,000 shares of Common Stock, which may be offered or sold to
participants under the Plan (as amended and restated as of  May&nbsp;13, 2008). The increase in the
number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the Plan was approved by our
stockholders at our 2008 annual meeting of stockholders held on May&nbsp;13, 2008. Pursuant to General
Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-58143 are incorporated
herein by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set
forth herein. Only those Items of Form S-8 containing new information not contained in
Registration Statement No. 333-58143 are presented herein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections&nbsp;13(a),
14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and in
accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
 Commission. The following documents, which are on file with the
Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The registrant&#146;s latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that
contains audited financial statements for the registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year for which such
statements have been filed;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a)&nbsp;above; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 (File No.&nbsp;33-64089), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the extent that any proxy statement or Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference, such incorporation
shall not include any information contained in such proxy statement or Form&nbsp;8-K which is not, pursuant to the
Commission&#146;s rules, deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; with the Commission or subject to the liabilities of
Section&nbsp;18 of the Exchange Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares of the registrant&#146;s Common Stock registered hereby has been passed
upon for the registrant by Timothy T. Smith, Esq., the registrant&#146;s Executive Vice President and
Chief Legal Officer, Legal and Business Affairs, and Secretary. Mr.&nbsp;Smith beneficially owns, or
has rights to acquire under an employee benefit plan of the registrant, an aggregate of less than
one percent of the Common Stock of the registrant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;<U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(a)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
 decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
 forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
 statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;<U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(b)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;<U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(h)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, on this 21 day of November, 2008.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ARBITRON INC.<BR>
a Delaware corporation<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Stephen B. Morris
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Stephen B. Morris&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>




<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen B. Morris
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen B. Morris
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman,
President, and
Chief Executive
Officer (Principal
executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sean R. Creamer
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sean R. Creamer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice
President of
Finance and <br>
Planning and Chief
Financial Officer<br>
(Principal
financial and
accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">November 21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="margin-left:50px; text-indent:-0px">*</div>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Shellye Archambeau
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="margin-left:50px; text-indent:-0px">*</div>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
David W. Devonshire
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="margin-left:50px; text-indent:-0px">*</div>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Philip Guarascio
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="margin-left:50px; text-indent:-0px">*</div>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
William T. Kerr
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="margin-left:50px; text-indent:-0px">*</div>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Larry E. Kittelberger
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="margin-left:50px; text-indent:-0px">*</div>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Luis G. Nogales
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="margin-left:50px; text-indent:-0px">*</div>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard A. Post
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 21, 2008</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Timothy T. Smith
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Timothy T. Smith&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">As Attorney-in-fact<BR>
(see Exhibit 24.1)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arbitron Inc. (formerly known as Ceridian
Corporation) (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.01 to Ceridian&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.
33-54379) and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arbitron Inc. (formerly
known as Ceridian Corporation) (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3 to Ceridian&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arbitron Inc. (formerly
known as Ceridian Corporation) (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.01 to Ceridian&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arbitron Inc. (formerly
known as Ceridian Corporation) (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to Arbitron&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amended and Restated Bylaws of Arbitron Inc., effective as of August&nbsp;29, 2002 (Filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Arbitron&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30,
2002 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen of Common Stock Certificate (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Arbitron&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;21, 2002, between Arbitron and The Bank of New York,
as Rights Agent, which includes the form of Certificate of Designation of the Series&nbsp;B Junior
Participating Preferred Stock as <U>Exhibit&nbsp;A</U>, the Summary of Rights to Purchase Series&nbsp;B
Junior Participating Preferred Shares as <U>Exhibit&nbsp;B</U> and the Form of Rights Certificate
as <U>Exhibit&nbsp;C</U> (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to Arbitron&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K, filed November&nbsp;21, 2002
and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;31, 2007, between Arbitron and The
Bank of New York, as Rights Agent (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to Arbitron&#146;s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Timothy T. Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief
Legal Officer, Legal and Business Affairs, and Secretary of the
Registrant regarding the legality of the securities being
registered</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Arbitron Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated
as of  May&nbsp;13, 2008)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Timothy T. Smith (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of attorney</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Arbitron Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
52-0278528
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
142 West 57th Street
New York, New York
10019
(Address of Principal Executive
Offices)
(Zip Code)
ARBITRON INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(as amended and restated as of May 13, 2008)
(Full Title of the Plan)
Timothy T. Smith, Esq.
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Legal and Business Affairs, and Secretary
Arbitron Inc.
142 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(212) 887-1300
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of
Maximum
Maximum
Securities to be
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate
Amount of
Registered
Registered(1)
Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.50 per
share
250,000 shares
$15.75(2)
$3,937,500(2)
$154.74
(1)
In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional securities that may
from time to time be offered or issued under the above - referenced
 plan to
prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
November 20, 2008.
PART I
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Arbitron Inc. (the "Company") has adopted its Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended, the "Plan") to enable
employees of the Company to purchase shares of Company common stock on favorable terms through
regular payroll deductions. On March 30, 2001, the Company's predecessor, Ceridian Corporation,
completed a spin-off of its lines of business other than its radio audience
measurement business to a newly formed company named "New Ceridian" and changed
 its name from Ceridian Corporation to Arbitron Inc.  All references below
 to the Company before March 30, 2001 refer to Ceridian Corporation.
The Company registered, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), 500,000 shares of its common stock for sale under the Plan on a
Registration Statement on Form S-8, File Number 33-61001 ("Registration Statement No. 33-61001"),
which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on July 13, 1995.
The Company subsequently registered under the Securities Act 1,000,000 additional shares of its
common stock for sale under the Plan on a Registration Statement on Form S-8, File Number 333-58143
("Registration Statement No. 333-58143"), which was filed with the Commission on June 30, 1998.
Because all of the 500,000 shares of Company common stock registered on Registration Statement
No. 33-61001 that could be offered and sold under the Plan had been sold, on July 8, 1998 the
Company filed a Post-Effective Amendment to terminate Registration Statement No. 33-61001.
Registration Statement No. 333-58143 remains effective.
As a result of the Company's two-for-one stock split effected on February 26, 1999,
 the aggregate number of shares authorized under
the Plan increased from 1,500,000 to 3,000,000, and pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act, the number of shares registered under
Registration Statement No. 333-58143 increased from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000.
As a result of the Company's one-for-five reverse stock split effected on March 30, 2001,
the aggregate number of shares authorized under the Plan decreased from 3,000,000
to 600,000, and pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act, the number of shares registered under Registration Statement No. 333-58143 decreased
from 2,000,000 to 400,000.
This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 in
order to register an additional 250,000 shares of Common Stock, which may be offered or sold to
participants under the Plan (as amended and restated as of  May 13, 2008). The increase in the
number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the Plan was approved by our
stockholders at our 2008 annual meeting of stockholders held on May 13, 2008. Pursuant to General
Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of Registration Statement No. 333-58143 are incorporated
herein by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set
forth herein. Only those Items of Form S-8 containing new information not contained in
Registration Statement No. 333-58143 are presented herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a),
14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in
accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
 Commission. The following documents, which are on file with the
Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
(a) The registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that
contains audited financial statements for the registrant's latest fiscal year for which such
statements have been filed;
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(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a) above; and
(c) The description of the registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 (File No. 33-64089), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.
To the extent that any proxy statement or Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference, such incorporation
shall not include any information contained in such proxy statement or Form 8-K which is not, pursuant to the
Commission's rules, deemed to be "filed" with the Commission or subject to the liabilities of
Section 18 of the Exchange Act.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the shares of the registrant's Common Stock registered hereby has been passed
upon for the registrant by Timothy T. Smith, Esq., the registrant's Executive Vice President and
Chief Legal Officer, Legal and Business Affairs, and Secretary. Mr. Smith beneficially owns, or
has rights to acquire under an employee benefit plan of the registrant, an aggregate of less than
one percent of the Common Stock of the registrant.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
1.
Item
512(a)
of Regulation S-K
. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
 decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
 forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
 statement; and
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
2.
Item
512(b)
of Regulation S-K
. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
3.
Item
512(h)
of Regulation S-K
. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, on this 21 day of November, 2008.
ARBITRON INC.
a Delaware corporation
By:
/s/ Stephen B. Morris
Stephen B. Morris
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Stephen B. Morris
Stephen B. Morris
Chairman,
President, and
Chief Executive
Officer (Principal
executive officer)
November 21, 2008
/s/ Sean R. Creamer
Sean R. Creamer
Executive Vice
President of
Finance and
Planning and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
financial and
accounting officer)
November 21, 2008
*
Shellye Archambeau
Director
November 21, 2008
*
David W. Devonshire
Director
November 21, 2008
*
Philip Guarascio
Director
November 21, 2008
*
William T. Kerr
Director
November 21, 2008
*
Larry E. Kittelberger
Director
November 21, 2008
*
Luis G. Nogales
Director
November 21, 2008
*
Richard A. Post
Director
November 21, 2008
By:
/s/ Timothy T. Smith
Timothy T. Smith
As Attorney-in-fact
(see Exhibit 24.1)
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Number
Description
3.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arbitron Inc. (formerly known as Ceridian
Corporation) (Filed as Exhibit 4.01 to Ceridian's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
33-54379) and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arbitron Inc. (formerly
known as Ceridian Corporation) (Filed as Exhibit 3 to Ceridian's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.3
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arbitron Inc. (formerly
known as Ceridian Corporation) (Filed as Exhibit 3.01 to Ceridian's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.4
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arbitron Inc. (formerly
known as Ceridian Corporation) (Filed as Exhibit 3.4 to Arbitron's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.5
First Amended and Restated Bylaws of Arbitron Inc., effective as of August 29, 2002 (Filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to Arbitron's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
2002 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1
Specimen of Common Stock Certificate (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Arbitron's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Rights Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2002, between Arbitron and The Bank of New York,
as Rights Agent, which includes the form of Certificate of Designation of the Series B Junior
Participating Preferred Stock as
Exhibit A
, the Summary of Rights to Purchase Series B
Junior Participating Preferred Shares as
Exhibit B
and the Form of Rights Certificate
as
Exhibit C
(Filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Arbitron's Form 8-K, filed November 21, 2002
and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2007, between Arbitron and The
Bank of New York, as Rights Agent (Filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Arbitron's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1
Opinion of Timothy T. Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief
Legal Officer, Legal and Business Affairs, and Secretary of the
Registrant regarding the legality of the securities being
registered
10.1
Arbitron Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated
as of  May 13, 2008)
23.1
Consent of Timothy T. Smith (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
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