The information industry consists of businesses that publish information through traditional forms of media such as newspapers, periodicals, and books, as well as electronically over the Internet. From January 2001 to September 2016, the newspaper publishers industry lost over half of its employment, from 412,000 to 174,000. In contrast, employment in the Internet publishing and web search portals industry increased from 67,000 jobs in January 2007 to 206,000 jobs in September 2016.