Business Spotlight 08.2019

WORKING WORLD

WORD

WATCHER

showrunner

This term is used in the

US and Canada to refer to

the person who has cre-

ative and management

responsibility for a tele-

vision programme. The

“showrunner” also makes

casting decisions: “Netflix

showrunners say they will

stop working in Georgia as

a result of the state’s strict

anti-abortion laws.”

scale-up

In standard English, the

verb “scale up” means to

“make something larger”

or to “increase according

to a fixed ratio”. As a noun,

this term is common in the

tech industry. It refers to a

business, often a start-up,

that is expanding: “Profes-

sor Haslam’s new course is

called ‘Scale-up is the new

start-up’.”

abortion [əˈbɔːʃ&n] , Abtreibung

casting [ˈkɑːstɪŋ] , Besetzung

ratio [ˈreɪʃiəʊ] , Verhältnis

I try not

to live

too far

into the

future or

get too

stressed

about

today

South African comedian

Trevor Noah, 35

COMPARISON

Percentage of commercial pilots

in the US who are female (out of

a total of 609,000 pilots)

Percentage of commercial pilots

in the US who are male (out of a

total of 609,000 pilots)

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93

Sources: Financial Times;

Federal Aviation Administration

(https://www.faa.gov)

commercial pilot

[kə)mɜːʃ&l ˈpaɪlət]

, Berufspilot(in)

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