Arc Publishing by the Washington Post is a content management system that incorporates the scale, flexibility, monetization tools, and ease of use necessary for digital publishing in a multi-device world. In this session, learn how the Washington Post team leveraged AWS services like Kinesis, Lambda, and ElastiCache to develop a SaaS platform that now reaches 400MM Monthly Unique Visitors. Clancy Ryan – Vice President of Sales, Arc Publishing Zach Perry – Head of Platform Engineering, Arc Publishing

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The Platform for Digital Innovation
Building the Content Management System of
the Future on

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Building the
Content Management System of
the Future
on

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Platform
Ellipsis, WebSked, Goldfish, Anglerfish
Advanced Services
Clavis, Darwin, Bandito, Loxodo,
Heliograf, Coral
Rendering
PageBuilder, Arc I/O
Client specific front-end
Your specific site needs
Site Engineering
Platform Engineering

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Arc Ecosystem
End-to-end hosted suite of interconnected tools hand-picked by users to meet your needs
Anglerfish
Goldfish
Ellipsis
(editor)
Story Authoring
PageBuilder
(desktop, mobile web,
progressive web app)
I/O
(RSS, Apple news,
facebook instant,
amp)
Carta
(email curation &
delivery)
Mobile
(native app, iOS,
Android, Fire)
Delivery
Clavis
(content, ad & sub
personalization)
Darwin & Bandito
(a/b & content
testing)
Heliograf
&
Coral
(auto content
generation)
Advanced Services
ArcNativeSpec
ArcNativeSpec
Websked
(news planning
&
workflow
management)
Editing
Subs
(revenue)
Monetization

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EXPLOSION OF VIDEO = GOLDFISH

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Oct 2013

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Nov 2017

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ASTRONOMICAL SUB GROWTH

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“We have the best
technology team in the
business. I would
put this team up against any
team in Silicon Valley”
-Jeff Bezos

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12. ARCHITECTURE CONSIDERATIONS
Speed to Market Support Burden
Operational Cost Security
Scale

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REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE 1

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REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE 2

15. Clancy Ryan
Vice President
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clancy.ryan@washpost.com
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