Show business

[5] From the business side (including managers, agents, producers, and distributors), the term applies to the creative element (including artists, performers, writers, musicians, and technicians) and was in common usage throughout the 20th century, though the first known use in print dates from 1850.

[5] By the latter part of the century, it had acquired a slightly arcane quality associated with the era of variety, but the term is still in active use.

In modern entertainment industry, it is also associated with the fashion industry (creating trend and fashion) and acquiring intellectual property rights from the invested research in the entertainment business.

About one third of the total ($735 billion in 2017) is made up by the U.S. entertainment industry, the largest M&E market in the world.

[10][11][12] The entertainment sector can be split up into the following subsectors:[citation needed] The industry segment is covered by class "R" of the International Standard Industrial Classification: "Arts, entertainment and recreation".