Technology and media
Media, advertising, publishing and entertainment content
Subscriptions, sales counters and print. Core operations map to planned catalog modules; remaining gaps are listed on the industry page.
Close fit Planned NAICS 51 / 5418
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- publishing and broadcast run on content and ad systems
- subscriptions
- newsstands and shops
- print shops
- ad sales
Typical roles
- ad sales
- circulation
- print operator
- shop staff
- editor
Day-to-day flows
- sell subscriptions and single copies
- take ad bookings
- print jobs
- sell merchandise
Tenders and payments seen
- subscriptions
- invoice on terms
- cash at counters
Inventory and assets
- print stock and paper
- merchandise
- returns from newsstands
Reports they ask for
- sales by title
- returns
- ad bookings
- print job margin
Integrations they need
- ad platforms
- accounting
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, SVC, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Work orders, rentals, services | C Catalogued | SVC |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | C Catalogued | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | C Catalogued | HW |
| Country fiscal packs | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Memberships and recurring billing | P Partial | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- content management, ad-serving and broadcast systems are out of scope
- the catalog fits newsstand, print-shop and merchandise counters
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Subscription / recurring sale RET-0037
- Recurring invoices BK-0065
- Subscription meal plans (menús semanales) DLV-0028
- Gym / membership preset VERT-0022
- Order-level note SALE-0015
- Order discount (% or amount) SALE-0018
- Void line after send (with reason) SALE-0020
- Parallel orders (tabs of carts) SALE-0027
- Mixed currency cash tender SALE-0058
- Print receipt on completion SALE-0072
- Receipt reprint SALE-0074
- Gift receipt SALE-0075
- Open cash drawer on cash sale SALE-0079
- Next-sale auto reset SALE-0082
- Self-checkout / kiosk mode SALE-0088
- Order-ready notification to customer SALE-0090
Sub-verticals
Print and copy shop
job orders and deposits
Open →Sub-verticalNewsstand and bookshop
consignment and returns
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- advertising rules
- copyright and content-licensing rules
- consumer rules for subscriptions (themes to verify)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- returns of unsold copies
- subscription pause
- print job changed after approval
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 51 / 5418 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 51, 54
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Publishing, Printing; Entertainment; Advertising, marketing; Telecommunications
- Fit
- Close fit
No public reference was gathered for this industry; the description is domain analysis, not sourced research.
Questions
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