Companies that create, operate, engage in, sell, and distribute media content in text, visual, or sound messages. The industry includes companies involved in the production, modification, transfer, distribution, replication, or publishing of media content (through television, radio, film and video, magazines, newspapers, books, billboards, electronic devices, and computer networks), companies engaged in media-related services (such as contracting with performers, providing technical pre-production, post-production, or publishing services, manufacturing related equipment and products, as well as companies involved in the distribution, reproduction, and sales of media content.

Companies that produce and publish books, coming books, trading cards, directories, yellow pages, greeting cards, newspapers, periodicals and magazines, as well as internet publishers.

Companies that produce and publish news. The companies' activities include gathering and writing news and editorials, as well as selling and preparing advertisements.