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2012 Edition

national industry 511110

Newspaper Publishers

Overview

This industry comprises establishments known as newspaper publishers. Establishments in this industry carry out operations necessary for producing and distributing newspapers, including gathering news; writing news columns, feature stories, and editorials; and selling and preparing advertisements. These establishments may publish newspapers in print or electronic form.

The immediate parent of national industry 511110 is international industry 51111: Newspaper Publishers

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments publishing newspapers exclusively on the Internet are classified in Industry 519130, Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals;
  • Establishments primarily engaged in printing newspapers without publishing are classified in Industry 32311, Printing;
  • Establishments, such as trade associations, schools and universities, and social welfare organizations that publish newsletters for distribution to their membership, but that are not commonly known as newspaper publishers, are classified according to their primary activity designation;
  • Establishments primarily engaged in supplying the news media with information, such as news, reports, and pictures, are classified in Industry 519110, News Syndicates; and
  • Establishments of independent representatives primarily engaged in selling advertising space are classified in Industry 541840, Media Representatives.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 511110 - Newspaper branch offices
  2. 511110 - Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  3. 511110 - Newspaper publishers and printing combined
  4. 511110 - Publishers, newspaper (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  5. 511110 - Publishers, newspaper, combined with printing

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 511110
2007 511110
2012 511110
2017 511110
2022 513110

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 2711 - Newspapers: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing
  2. 2721 - Periodicals: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing
  3. 2731 - Books: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing
  4. 2732 - Book Printing
  5. 2741 - Miscellaneous Publishing
  6. 2771 - Greeting Cards
  7. 4832 - Radio Broadcasting Stations
  8. 4833 - Television Broadcasting Stations
  9. 4841 - Cable and Other Pay Television Services
  10. 7331 - Direct Mail Advertising Services
  11. 7375 - Information Retrieval Services
  12. 7383 - News Syndicates
  13. 7389 - Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified

Insurance Industry Mappings

Mappings are not available for this combination of NAICS code and edition.

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