Case Study: Al Arabiya News Channel publishes breaking news in under three minutes with Magnolia CMS

How Al Arabiya publishes news in under three minutes

Al Arabiya, the Middle East’s most visited news website and leading 24-hour news channel, needed to publish breaking stories faster while withstanding daily politically motivated hacking and DDoS attacks. Its 40 journalists produce about 200 articles a day for an audience of up to 70 million page views per month and as many as 20,000 concurrent visitors, creating a high-pressure need for secure, stable, and fast publishing.

Working with Tinext, Al Arabiya implemented Magnolia CMS to build a custom editorial dashboard, integrate its Limelight video platform and other best-of-breed tools, and harden the system against attacks. The result: editors can publish in under three minutes, page load times are reduced by one-third, the sites run in four languages, the rollout took 11 months, and the platform has delivered 100% uptime since going live.

Al Arabiya News Channel

Karim Morgan

CMS Architect and Project Lead