KBLI 58—Publishing Activities

Where 58 sits

1. J Publishing, Broadcasting, and Content Production and Distribution Activities
2. 58 Publishing Activities

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 581 Publishing Activities of Books, Newspapers, Periods, and Other Publishing
• 582 Software Publishing

What 58 includes

• This division includes the publishing of books, brochures, leaflets, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, maps, and charts; the publishing of newspapers, journals, magazines, and other periodicals; directories, mailing lists, and other publications; and the publishing of software and video games. Publishing includes acquiring copyright in content (information products) and making this content available to the public through reproduction and distribution in various forms. Publishers may license others to distribute their content, or may publish and distribute content they themselves create or own. This division also includes the streaming of content, such as software and books, by content publishers.
• All possible forms of publishing (whether in print, electronic, digital, or other formats) and self-publishing activities are also included in this division, but excludes film and music publishing.

What 58 excludes

• This division excludes film, video, and cinema production activities, as well as music publishing and the production of original master sound recordings (see division 59).
• This division also excludes the acquisition of broadcasting or distribution rights from publishers for broadcast content (see division 60), computer programming activities (see division 62), printing (see class 1811), and mass reproduction of recorded media (see class 1820).

58 in other systems