Industry: Global Media Data: Alliances 2001 (Factiva)

Treatment: Nodes sized by degree centrality (number of links). Size of links represents the number of separate alliance instances. Colours represent principal media sector.

Commentary: In 2001 one can see the emerging central role of IT companies in the media market. Traditional media conglomerates like Sony, News, Time Warner, Viacom and Disney are inter-linked.