>>Since advertising pays for the shows' (and in some cases the channel's) existence, it would all go away... A few stations have gone off the air shortly after they first broadcast.
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>Which sucks - there is no other viable model to publish anything or have a service (on either web, or TV or paper) and make money on it, but via advertising. There are but a few who can do that - book writers, Amazon, Etsy, eBay, UT :) (actually UT too has ads, but they are at least not selling tampons, trucks and toothpaste).
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>Anyone who tries to make money selling a service on the web is outgunned by someone who will do the same for free and charge for advertising.
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>In the end, there will be no art.
The sky is falling, the sky is falling!
Advertising has been with us for a long time and I haven't noticed art ceasing.
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