Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe Washington Post has signed an agreement to license its digital publishing platform, Arc Publishing, to rival publisher Tronc, the companies announced Monday. The Post also said it has plans to open up the Arc platform to all publishers via a self-service platform. Tronc said it will use the Arc technology to help power its entire portfolio of digital properties, beginning with the Los Angeles Times. Putting it in the cloud will benefit those publishers,” Mr. Prakash said. According to Mr. Prakash, most digital publishing systems are built by technology companies with little experience in how newsrooms and media businesses operate, which gives Arc an advantage.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 13, 2017 16:41 UTC