Arbitron shocker: Michael Skarzynski is out as president and chief executive officer of the radio ratings firm. The news comes almost one year to the day Skarzynski took over the top spot.
William Kerr, 68, a member of Arbitron’s board of directors since 2007 and the Chairman of Meredith Corp. was named president and CEO of Arbitron.
Skarzynski was forced to resign after he and the board determined he had “violated a company policy in a matter entirely unrelated to the financial performance of the company,” the release stated.
Arbitron was not specific about Skarzynski’s transgression, but Chairman Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY), chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee said in a statement that Skarzynski may have provided “false testimony” during the Dec.
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