Nielsen cutting 333 jobs in Columbia

Ryan Sharrow 

New Media Editor- Baltimore Business Journal

Nielsen plans to lay off 333 workers at its Columbia offices, just months after the media research firm closed its $1.3 billion acquisition of Arbitron.

The job cuts will start on Jan. 14, according to a filing with the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. The layoffs will take place at Nielsen Audio’s offices on Patuxent Woods Drive, the filing said. The offices were formerly Arbitron, which was rebranded after the merger closed in September.

Arbitron was one of the largest employers in Howard County. The media research firm had a total of 1,000 workers in the U.S., including about 860 in the Baltimore area.

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