Faculty Scholarship 2-29-2020 The United States of America’s interlocked information industry: An examination into seven U.S. media sectors’ boards of directors Jennifer L. Harker West Virginia University,
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[email protected]. JOURNAL OF MEDIA BUSINESS STUDIES https://doi.org/10.1080/16522354.2020.1726671 The United States of America’s interlocked information industry: An examination into seven U.S. media sectors’ boards of directors Jennifer L. Harker Reed College of Media, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY This research explores the interfirm interlock networks that cur- Received 14 September 2019 rently exist among publicly traded media conglomerates operating Accepted 4 February 2020 in the United States of America. Directorship information was gath- fi fi KEYWORDS ered from annual reports and de nitive proxy reports led with the Media conglomerates; social U.S.