All other information and cultural industries

519 - Other information services

This subsector comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry, primarily engaged in providing other information services. The main components are news syndicates, libraries and archives, Internet publishing and broadcasting, and web search portals.

5191 - Other information services

This industry group comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry, primarily engaged in providing other information services. The main components are news syndicates, libraries and archives, Internet publishing and broadcasting, and web search portals.

51913 - Internet publishing and broadcasting, and web search portals

This industry comprises establishments exclusively engaged in publishing and/or broadcasting content on the Internet or operating web sites, known as web search portals, that use a search engine to generate and maintain extensive databases of Internet addresses and content in an easily searchable format. The Internet publishing and broadcasting establishments in this industry provide textual, audio, and/or video content of general or specific interest. These establishments do not provide traditional (non-Internet) versions of the content that they publish or broadcast. Establishments known as web search portals often provide additional Internet services, such as e-mail, connections to other web sites, auctions, news, and other limited content, and serve as a home base for Internet users.

519130 - Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals

This Canadian industry comprises establishments exclusively engaged in publishing and/or broadcasting content on the Internet or operating web sites, known as web search portals, that use a search engine to generate and maintain extensive databases of Internet addresses and content in an easily searchable format. The Internet publishing and broadcasting establishments in this industry provide textual, audio, and/or video content of general or specific interest. These establishments do not provide traditional (non-Internet) versions of the content that they publish or broadcast. Establishments known as web search portals often provide additional Internet services, such as e-mail, connections to other web sites, auctions, news, and other limited content, and serve as a home base for Internet users.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • book publishing exclusively on Internet (e.g., almanacs, atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedia, fiction)
  • directory publishing, exclusively on Internet (e.g., telephone, business)
  • game sites (exclusively on Internet), operating
  • Internet broadcasting (e.g., television, video)
  • Internet search portal and web sites, operating
  • periodical, journal and magazine publishing, exclusively on Internet (e.g., medical, newsletter, newspaper, professional, religious, scientific)
  • publishing maps and street guides (exclusively on Internet)
  • software publishing (exclusively on Internet)
  • web broadcasting
  • web search portals, operating

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • retailing new and used goods using the Internet(44-45)
  • providing Internet publishing and other print or electronic editions; offering direct on-line access to information that they publish or compile(511)
  • publishing databases (See 511140 Directory and mailing list publishers)
  • traditional or combined broadcasting (See 515 Broadcasting (except internet))
  • providing Internet access(517)
  • developing databases for the purpose of credit reporting(56145)