Contemplating Life – Episode 101 – “Censorship and the Death of Print Media"

In this episode, we look at the recent controversies surrounding the Indiana University student paper, the Indiana Daily Student, which was forced to shut down its print edition in favor of the online version. Then we take a broader look at the shift from print to digital media. 

Links of Interest for this episode

Indiana Daily Student online edition: https://www.idsnews.com/

Indiana Daily Student on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Daily_Student

WTHR Channel 13 item on the controversy: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana-university-iu-media-school-stops-printing-daily-student-newspaper-co-editors-call-censorship/531-8b129b96-ccbb-4dd4-be3c-bb0377790c2e

Indianapolis Star article on IDS controversy:https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/jacob-stewart/2025/10/20/ids-nonprofit-iu-censorship-indiana-daily-student/86752612007/

1988 Supreme Court decision on school newspapers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazelwood_School_District_v._Kuhlmeier

“Follow the Money” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follow_the_money

Cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/why-was-the-late-show-stephen-colbert-canceled-rcna224144

Jimmy Kimmel Suspension on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_Jimmy_Kimmel_Live!

Charlie Kirk on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Kirk

Tucker Carlson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Carlson

Purdue supplies newspaper to IU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ZW90ZWnKk

IUPUI Sagamore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_University%E2%80%93Purdue_University_Indianapolis#:~:text=to%20form%20The-,Sagamore,-%2C%20which%20operated%20until

Sagamore Archives: https://hdl.handle.net/2450/9995

The Campus Citizen: https://www.thecampuscitizen.com/

Floppy disk drive with USB interface: https://www.amazon.com/External-Floppy-Portable-Windows-Required/dp/B00RXEWOAA/

DECtape on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECtape

YouTube statistics: https://www.oberlo.com/blog/youtube-statistics

Optical media preservation on Wikipedia: https://dvs.com/video/limited-lifespan-cd-r-dvd-r/

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