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Mar 20 2009 8:38am EDT

First Bytes: Charter, Cell Phones, Twitter, March Madness

Paul Allen's Charter Communications, which is near bankruptcy, may find a savior in Apollo Management. [Wall Street Journal]

The recession is causing most Americans to cut spending. According to one survey, for 60 million people, that includes their mobile phone service. [Bits Blog]

Twitter's traffic grew by 1,383 percent over February 2008, but it still doesn't have a business model. [The Business Insider]

YouTube is streaming the NCAA tournament but for some reason CBS didn't want to publicize that. [CNet News]


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