512250 — Record Production and Distribution

Description

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in record production and/or releasing, promoting, and distributing sound recordings to wholesalers, retailers, or directly to the public. These establishments contract with artists, arrange and finance the production of original master recordings, and/or produce master recordings themselves, such as digital music and compact discs. Establishments in this industry hold the copyright to the master recording, or obtain reproduction and distribution rights to master recordings produced by others, and derive most of their revenues from the sales, leasing, licensing, or distribution of master recordings (as defined in the official U.S. Census Bureau 2022 NAICS Manual).

Exclusions & Cross-References

• Promoting and authorizing the use of musical works in various media--are classified in Industry 512230,
• Music Publishers;
• Providing facilities and technical expertise for recording musical performances--are classified in Industry
• 512240, Sound Recording Studios;
• Operating radio broadcasting stations, that may acquire the right to distribute content and subsequently
• broadcast or distribute that content--are classified in Industry 516110, Radio Broadcasting Stations;
• Operating radio broadcasting networks, including satellite radio networks, that may acquire the right to
• distribute content and subsequently broadcast or distribute that content--are classified in Industry 516210,
• Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content
• Providers;
• Mass duplication of recorded products--are classified in Industry 334610, Manufacturing and Reproducing
• Magnetic and Optical Media;

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