May 5, 2019

The Poor Image Of Careers In The News Industry - Issue #87

By Xavier van Leeuwe • Issue #87 • View online

You Will Be Amazed How Badly News Industry Jobs Rank Amongst 100 Common Careers

Quite a shocking chart that ranks 100 careers based on income, stress levels and growth potential. Best not become a newspaper journalist (ranked 98) or ad sales person (93). Better to pick up trash (76) or repair bicycles (37) or become a librarian (10). This reflects a general opinion and shows why the news sector has a problem attracting talent.

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Spotify Q1 hits 100 Million paying users

The image of the news sector is bad whereas we are amongst the best answering digital disruption. New generations are starting to pay for content. After Netflix, Spotify is prepping people to pay for content. The Swedish company has reached one significant milestone: the world’s currently biggest music streaming service reported that it now has 100 million paying users (up 32 percent on a year ago) and 217 million subscribers overall in 79 markets.

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Schibsted tests onboarding processes

One example of succesful innovation in news. In 2018, Schibsted tested several ideas for increasing retention and engagement, many of which were successful. Here is an in-depth look at three of them.

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Why this billion-dollar CEO had to fire her #1 salesperson

People are hired for what they are able to do, but people get fired for who they are. Good explainer in this short video on the fine line between confidence and arrogance.

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By Xavier van Leeuwe

I love to transform businesses by forging high performance teams, connecting the world of suits to the creative world of sneakers. With these teams I have learnt from our many mistakes and successes, pioneering digital renovations that produced tens of millions in bottom line increases.

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