publishing

noun

pub·​lish·​ing ˈpə-bli-shiŋ 

: the business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature, information, musical scores or sometimes recordings, or art

newspaper publishing

software publishing

Examples of publishing in a Sentence

He was hoping to get a job in publishing after college.

Her sister works for a well-known publishing company.

Recent Examples on the Web

Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process. —Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 19 June 2026

Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media’s AI policy. —Ruyuan Li. Summary Produced By Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026

The parent company of Variety, Rolling Stone, Deadline, Billboard, WWD, The Hollywood Reporter and many other publishing brands has created a subsidiary, PMX, to house PMC’s publishing portfolio. —Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 June 2026

Speculation at the time of Murdoch’s New York buy centered on whether each of the publishing assets would be sold separately or be shopped as whole package. —Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English publisching "act of announcing, public declaration, issuing of copies of a book," from gerund of publisshen "to make known, publish"

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing publishing

• desktop publishing
• electronic publishing