Hulu Comes Up Short | America Is Hooked On Social Nets | Obama’s Text Message Speech | Analyst Says Newspapers Can’t Charge For Basic News | Is Twitter The Future of Media?

TechCrunch: Growth on the video site Hulu is dropping off

CNet: Since last year people in the U.S. are spending 83% more time on social networking sites

Mashable: President Obama will broadcast his Cairo speech via text message

BayNewser: Former newspaper analyst Lauren Rich Fine tells Beet.tv that papers can charge for premium content but not basic news

FishbowlNY: Panelists at an I Want Media event say they rely heavily on Twitter for news aggregation

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