[goldfeld]

I haven't read newspapers or magazines in a long, long time, and TV shows I could easily live without (don't watch any in close to a year), especially if we had indie shows with interesting business models to replace them. I'd gladly pay for my content, but I think there's other models to be explored without appealing to ads. Ads are everywhere because they're easy to put to work, and the payout is potentially really high (if you're ok with helping big corps, their investors, and the centralization of wealth.)

[ShawnBird]

There have been a lot of indie shows popping up via Kick starter funding. Here are two off the top of my head:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/freddiew/video-game-high...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pemberleydigital/the-liz...