Variant of NAICS 2012 - Content and media sector

Variant of NAICS 2012 - Content and media sector
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CM - Content and media sector

This category comprises all NAICS codes that relate to content and media industries.

This includes portions of the following sector: 'Information and cultural industries' (NAICS 51).

51i - CM - Information and cultural industries

This category comprises the portion of NAICS sector 51 'Information and cultural industries' that relates to content and media industries.

519i - CM - Other information services

This category comprises the portion of NAICS subsector 519 'Other information services' that relates to content and media industries.

5191i - CM - Other information services

This category comprises the portion of NAICS industry group 5191 'Other information services' that relates to content and media industries.

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 (See 517 Telecommunications)
    • developing databases for the purpose of credit reporting (See 56145 Credit bureaus)
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