Re: Carrying a big stick #2 Arb

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:14:26 -0500 "Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net> writes:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Faneuf" <tklaundry@juno.com>
> To: <dib9@gwi.net>
> Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:25 PM
> Subject: Re: Carrying a big stick #2 Arb
> 
> 
> > That would be a very good place to start.
> > df
> 
> That's kind of funny coming from corporate operators who seem to be 
> doing
> their best to gain monopoly power in their own industry.
> 
> If that is the major argument, then who cares ?  Unless you are a 
> Viacom
> stockholder, who cares whether Arbitron or Viacom makes more money 
> this
> year?  It's just one corporation trying to get a better deal from 
> another.
> There is nothing wrong with that, but it hardly seems like a matter 
> for
> public concern.  The tone of the post on this subject seem to imply 
> that
> Arbitron is the bad guy in this fight and I just don't see it.
> 
> -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine


Any monopoly is the bad guy be it Arbitron or Viacom.  With it's monopoly
pricing it is cost prohibitive for the few mom and pops to consider
subscribing to the service to help their sales staff....The same with AP,
I know smaller stations that were forced to drop AP in this area because
of pricing, no competition to speak of, Metro is trying but they aren't
there yet.
df