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The Washington Post‘s latest step in creating a “refined product vision” for its publishing technology unit Arc XP includes shedding 54 employees. The axing of the staffers, who are not members of the Post’s union, follows the layoffs of seven Arc XP employees earlier this year. Set up in 2015 by Post owner Jeff Bezos to provide a customizable set of tools for content and site management, Arc XP had been viewed as a potential profit center for the paper. However, a Wall Street Journal report from 2023 said that it was not profitable, falling behind in meeting its goal of $200 million a year in revenue annually by 2027. Arc XP provides its services, which include content creation, workflow orchestration, asset management and live streaming, tobrands including Reuters, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo and France’s Le Parisien.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill mandating that state agencies develop plans to increase their advertising spending in media outlets serving California's diverse populations. AB 1511, authored by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) and sponsored by the Latino Media Collaborative, requires agencies to annually report on their progress to ensure transparency and accountability. The bill's provisions will remain in effect until July 1, 2028, ensuring that these vital investments continue for the next several years. "California's ethnic and community media are essential to keeping our diverse populations informed through independent journalism," said Latino Media Collaborative president Arturo Carmona. "This law ensures that state advertising investments will go where they are needed most, creating an economic lifeline for these media outlets while also connecting more Californians to critical state programs. “
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Guardian Media Group appoints Minhee Cho as communications manager for the Guardian US. She reports to Matt Mittenthal, head of communications. Cho joins the Guardian from Fountain House, a national nonprofit supporting people living with serious mental illness, where she was director, media strategy. Before that, she served as media relations manager at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Ethel Kennedy's social justice organization, and director of public relations for ProPublica, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom.
Reporters Without Borders has launched a marketing campaign featuring photoshopped images of Donald Trump, Viktor Orban, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping to promote subscriptions to its “100 Photos for Press Freedom” albums.
Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios are joining the Motion Picture Association, Hollywood’s biggest lobbying group, effective Oct. 1... CBS names Lance Frank head of communications for CBS News, Stations & Media Ventures... Guardian Media Group, parent company of The Guardian, is in negotiations with Tortoise Media over the potential sale of the Observer.
Russia bans NYT, WSJ, WaPo journalists for being “liberal globalist media outlets involved in manufacturing and spreading fake claims" about the country... Florida-based Trump Media & Technology Group gets help from Nebraska Congressman... The California General Assembly passed a bill requiring internet browsers and mobile operating systems to let consumers easily opt out from the sharing and selling of their private data with websites that use it for targeted advertising. 
Formedics, the healthcare professional community and engagement platform, has acquired AMC Media, a healthcare publisher, digital marketer and events operation.
Condé Nast and OpenAI have reached an agreement that will give the AI company access to content from the publisher’s properties... ABC News names Almin Karamehmedovic, senior executive producer of “World News Tonight with David Muir,” to serve as its next president... Time magazine is laying off 22 staffers.
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