| Desert Dispatch | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Owners: | Gannett |
| Foundation: | 1910 |
| Language: | English |
| Headquarters: | Barstow, California |
The Desert Dispatch is a newspaper in the town of Barstow, California, founded in 1910. Thomson Newspapers bought the Dispatch in 1978.[1] In 1995, Thomson traded the paper to Freedom Communications.[2] In 2014, Freedom sold the paper to New Media Investment Group.[3]