On a side note, I find showstringmedia.com.au as an interesting company with three different businesses under it - media, applications (though there is only one) and lead generation.

Are you aware of similar businesses that have successfully built independent media business, bootstrapping it with other services?

You should checkout http://www.kissflow.com This is what they are attempting to do, with a fair degree of success.

Cool one with readily usable code snippets & data, esp if you are logged in: https://apidocs.chargebee.com/docs/api/subscriptions?lang=cu...

ooo I like this. definitely going to be building usable code snippets customized for logged-in users! thanks!!

In general the moderators in SO make useful contributions. Many of them are downright annoying as well.