The entertainment industry consists of a large number of sub-industries devoted to entertainment. However, the term is often used in the mass media to describe the mass media companies that control the distribution and manufacture of mass media entertainment.
The theater
The traditional live entertainment industry
The music industry:
- authors
- journalists
- Publishers
- printers
- booksellers
The 20th century mass media industry
- film studios
- cinemas
- broadcasting
- record industry
- theme parks
- discotheques