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Class 🎬 J Publishing, Broadcasting, Content Production and Distribution

58.12 — Publishing of Newspapers

58.12
Class
Publishing of newspapers
SDMX: J5812
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
3 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes

✓ Includes

This class includes: - publishing of newspapers All the feasible forms of publishing (in print, digital, analogue, or any other form) are included.

+ Also Includes

This class also includes: - advertising newspapers

✗ Excludes

This class excludes: - production of television or video news programmes, see 59.11 - news agency activities, see 60.31 - activities of photojournalists, not self-publishing their own created content, see 74.20 - activities of journalists whose content is published by a third party, see 90.11

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59.11
Motion picture, video and television programme production activities
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 60.31
News agency activities
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 74.20
Photographic activities
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 90.11
Literary creation and musical composition activities
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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) — UK SIC 2026
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