NACE-BEL 58—Publishing activities

Where 58 sits

1. J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities
2. 58 Publishing activities

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 58.1 Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing
• 58.2 Software publishing

What 58 includes

• This division includes the publishing of books, brochures, leaflets, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, atlases, and plans; the publishing of newspapers and periodicals; the publishing of directories and address lists; and other publishing activities, as well as software publishing.
• Publishing activities include acquiring copyrights for content (information products) and making that content available to the public by organizing its reproduction and distribution in various forms. Publishers may grant others distribution rights for their content or may publish and distribute content they create or own. All possible forms of publishing (print, electronic, digital, analog, or any other) and self-publishing activities are included in this division, with the exception of film and music publishing.
• This division includes streaming (e.g., of software and books) by content publishers.

What 58 excludes

• This division does not include film and video production, music publishing, or the production of original (sound) masters; see Division 59.
• It also does not include obtaining rights from publishers for the broadcasting and distribution of content (see Division 60), computer programming activities (see Division 62), printing (see 18.11), or the mass reproduction of recorded media (see 18.20).

58 in other systems