The Washington Post’s Arc Publishing has announced a
significant investment in the organization, adding nearly 100 new hires in the
last 18 months to strengthen its ability to respond to client needs and support
its expansion. In the last year, Arc has experienced “incredible growth,”
according to The Post, tripling revenue, expanding to new regions and powering
several large broadcasters. Arc powers sites that serve more than 600 million
unique visitors a month, according to The Post.
“Arc’s
growth has been exceptional and the platform has quickly become one of the
go-to publishing systems in the world,” said Shailesh Prakash, chief
information officer and vice president of product at The Post. “We have brought
on senior level talent to help us scale the business and, under Scot
Gillespie’s leadership, we have expanded significantly, adding more publishers
and broadcasters as well as serving brands across industries.”
With the
investment, Arc is opening a dedicated engineering office in Chicago
The Arc
platform was initially built for The Post and leverages technologies from
Amazon Web Services. It serves as the tech behind a large number of brand-name
publications in the top U.S.
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