Joint social networks of media and defense

Following up my post on media giants and their relationships via interlocking directorates, in this post I'll look at the connections between media giants and major defense contractors. I was surpised to find that there are few (if any) direct connections. The major defense contractors most connected to media giants seem to be Honeywell and Northrop Grumman. Honeywell has a 2nd degree connection to CBS via Merril Lynch, a 2nd degree connection to Disney via Edison International, and a 2nd degree connection to GE via Verizon. Northrop Grumman is connected to GE via Deere and Chevron, to Disney via Washington Mutual, and to CBS via Merrill Lynch.


Haliburton and Raytheon are connected to Time via Citigroup. Lockheed is connected to News Corp via Ford Motor, and to Time via Dell. (Note that News corp is relatively isolated from the other media giants.)


At this point, I think it would be more enlightening to focus on individual directors and their biographies, to see if there is anything there. Let me know if you have any ideas.