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4 Minute Roundup: WikiLeaks Under Attack, Dropped by Amazon

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In this week’s 4MR podcast, I talk about the recent release of secret diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks, and how it is viewed by governments, journalists and free speech advocates. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted in Sweden for possible sex crimes, Amazon dropped hosting the documents, and the site has had trouble staying online due to hacker attacks. I spoke with NYU professor Jay Rosen about his views on WikiLeaks, the networked nature of information sharing, and the potential for local WikiLeaks.

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Listen to my entire interview with Jay Rosen:

Background music is “What the World Needs” by the The Ukelele Hipster Kings via PodSafe Music Network.

Here’s a longer discussion of WikiLeaks by Jay Rosen in a recent video:

Jay Rosen on Wikileaks: “The watchdog press died; we have this instead.” from Jay Rosen on Vimeo.

Here are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:

State’s Secrets – Special Report at NY Times

Swedish Court Confirms Arrest Warrant for WikiLeaks Founder at NY Times

WikiLeaks site

Despite Attacks, WikiLeaks’ Swedish Host Won’t Budge at Forbes

Bill aimed at WikiLeaks introduced at UPI

The War on WikiLeaks at CBS News

WikiLeaks fights to stay online amid attacks at the AP

Amazon explains WikiLeaks cutoff – Not because of feds at the Seattle Times

Amazon and WikiLeaks – Online Speech is Only as Strong as the Weakest Intermediary at the EFF

Online, the censors are scoring big wins at Salon

Here are some of the more entertaining responses to our recent poll question about new names for Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism:

Also, be sure to vote in our poll about who you think about WikiLeaks:

Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit.

4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.

Mark Glaser :Mark Glaser is founder and executive director of MediaShift. He contributes regularly to Digital Content Next’s InContext site and newsletter. Glaser is a longtime freelance journalist whose career includes columns on hip-hop, reviews of videogames, travel stories, and humor columns that poked fun at the titans of technology. From 2001 to 2005, he wrote a weekly column for USC Annenberg School of Communication's Online Journalism Review. Glaser has written essays for Harvard's Nieman Reports and the website for the Yale Center for Globalization. Glaser has written columns on the Internet and technology for the Los Angeles Times, CNET and HotWired, and has written features for the New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler, Entertainment Weekly, the San Jose Mercury News, and many other publications. He was the lead writer for the Industry Standard's award-winning "Media Grok" daily email newsletter during the dot-com heyday, and was named a finalist for a 2004 Online Journalism Award in the Online Commentary category for his OJR column. Glaser won the Innovation Journalism Award in 2010 from the Stanford Center for Innovation and Communication. Glaser received a Bachelor of Journalism and Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Missouri at Columbia, and currently lives in San Francisco with his wife Renee and his two sons, Julian and Everett. Glaser has been a guest on PBS' "Newshour," NPR's "Talk of the Nation," KALW's "Media Roundtable" and TechTV's "Silicon Spin." He has given keynote speeches at Independent Television Service's (ITVS) Diversity Retreat and the College Media Assocation's national convention. He has been part of the lecture/concert series at Yale Law School and Arkansas State University, and has moderated many industry panels. He spoke in May 2013 to the Maui Business Brainstormers about the "Digital Media Revolution." To inquire about speaking opportunities, please use the site's Contact Form.

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