Mediagazer: “Soft” Ad Sales Ding Hulu's 2011 Growth (Peter Kafka/AllThingsD)

1:15 PM ET, January 13, 2012

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

“Soft” Ad Sales Ding Hulu's 2011 Growth — Remember back in the fall of 2011, when we started hearing anecdotal reports about slowing ad sales? Add Hulu to the list of examples: The company just reported a 60 percent jump in overall revenue for 2011 — which isn't as much as it had thought it was going to do a year ago.

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