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Boardroom Empires?: A Study of Ownership Influence in the Swedish Press Cover

Boardroom Empires?: A Study of Ownership Influence in the Swedish Press

By: Jonas Ohlsson  
Open Access
|Mar 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2013-0101 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
Language: English
Page range: 11 - 24
Published on: Mar 13, 2020
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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