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The Dispatch
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Type:Political journalism, political commentary
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Language:English
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Creators:Stephen F. Hayes
Jonah Goldberg
Toby Stock
Editors:Jonah Goldberg (editor-in-chief)
Rachael Larimore (managing editor)
David A. French (senior editor)
Chris Stirewalt (contributing editor)
President:Toby Stock
Ceo:Stephen F. Hayes
Revenue:$1.9 million

The Dispatch is an American conservative subscription-based and advertisement-free online magazine founded by Jonah Goldberg, Stephen F. Hayes, and Toby Stock.[1] [2] Several of The Dispatch's staff (including Hayes) are alumni of The Weekly Standard, which is now defunct.[1]

History

After The Weekly Standard ceased publication in December 2018, Hayes, Goldberg, and Stock were inspired to start a media company with the goal of "producing serious, factually grounded journalism for a conservative audience".[3] Goldberg and Hayes expressed concern over the alliance between conservative media outlets and the Republican Party, and started The Dispatch with a desire to instead focus on conservative principles, regardless of party lines.[4] The company is based in downtown Washington, D.C.[3] By June 2020, The Dispatch had grown to twelve staffers.[5]

The Dispatch began with a beta launch in October 2019 and fully launched on January 7, 2020.[1] Hayes, Goldberg, and Stock own a majority of the company, but there are additional individual investors. The founders intentionally avoided using venture capitalists.[5] At its launch in October 2019, The Dispatch had pooled $6 million in investment capital and had in its employ a full-time staff of eight individuals,[4] including founding editor-in-chief Jonah Goldberg, managing editor Rachael Larimore, and (soon after its launch) senior editor David A. French.[6] In January 2020, shortly after launching, The Dispatch Podcast appeared briefly on Apple's Top 100 news podcasts.[3] By March 2020, the company claimed to have nearly 10,000 paying subscribers.[7]

The Poynter Institute's International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) certified The Dispatchs fact-checking division in May 2020.[8] [9] As of September 2020, The Dispatch had nearly 100,000 subscribers, with almost 18,000 of them paying for the full service. The company pulled in nearly $2 million in revenue during its first year, most of which was from Substack subscriptions.[4] [10] The Dispatch was Substack's first media company.[11] In October 2022, the publication moved from Substack to its own website.[12]

The Dispatch has been sharply critical of Donald Trump from a center-right perspective.[13] On 6 January 2021, after the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, Rudy Giuliani left a voicemail message intended for Senator Tommy Tuberville on a different Senator's voicemail account. This message urged Tuberville to delay certification of the electoral vote: "Just try to slow it down." The unnamed Senator gave the message to The Dispatch, which immediately broke the story.[14] The next day, The Dispatch published an editorial calling for the impeachment and removal of President Trump.[15]

Content

The Dispatch provides free web content, podcasts, and a mix of paid and free newsletters.[3] The Dispatch also produces a fact-checking column.[3]

Newsletters

Podcasts

Notable personnel

Notes and References

  1. News: Lippman . Daniel . Sarah Isgur joins conservative media startup as staff writer . 12 April 2021 . Politico . November 19, 2019 . 12 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210412002808/https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/19/sarah-isgur-conservative-media-startup-writer-071599 . live .
  2. News: Coppins . McKay . January 31, 2020 . The Conservatives Trying to Ditch Fake News . The Atlantic . 12 April 2021 . The Dispatch produces "serious, factually grounded journalism for a conservative audience". . 10 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210310020332/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/dispatch-tries-sell-real-news-right/605860/ . live .
  3. News: Coppins . McKay . The Conservatives Trying to Ditch Fake News . 12 April 2021 . The Atlantic . January 31, 2020 . 10 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210310020332/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/dispatch-tries-sell-real-news-right/605860/ . live .
  4. News: Allen . Mike . Scoop: Steve Hayes and Jonah Goldberg to launch The Dispatch . 12 April 2021 . Axios . October 8, 2019 . 18 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418000752/https://www.axios.com/dispatch-steve-hayes-jonah-goldberg-conservative-news-26d43a86-3b69-4e61-a789-68bbb09b87dd.html . live .
  5. News: Bienaime . Pierre . 'We don't need your clicks': The Dispatch co-founder Steve Hayes on bucking the attention economy . 12 April 2021 . Digiday . June 16, 2020 . 12 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210412170052/https://digiday.com/media/dispatch-cofounder-steve-hayes-attention-economy-engagement-newsletters/ . live .
  6. Web site: Balluck . Kyle . October 8, 2019 . Jonah Goldberg, Steve Hayes launch conservative media company The Dispatch . 2020-09-24 . . 2020-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200619215246/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/464849-jonah-goldberg-steve-hayes-launch-conservative-media-company-the-dispatch . live .
  7. News: Ha . Anthony . The Dispatch, a news organization built on Substack, passes $1M in annual revenue . 12 April 2021 . TechCrunch . March 17, 2020 . 13 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210413113712/https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/17/the-dispatch-substack-1-million-revenue/ . live .
  8. Web site: Susca . Margot . The Dispatch . . 19 March 2021 . 27 April 2020 . 20 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210420082144/https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/application/public/the-dispatch/FCAB19A8-4E9D-7CF1-22F1-304CAD869703 . live .
  9. Web site: The Dispatch . . 19 March 2021 . 15 May 2020 . 20 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210420075653/https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/profile/the-dispatch . live .
  10. Web site: Tracy . Marc . 2020-09-23 . Journalists Are Leaving the Noisy Internet for Your Email Inbox . 2020-09-24 . . 2022-05-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220505120242/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/business/media/substack-newsletters-journalists.html . live .
  11. News: Owen . Laura Hazard . Substack's first media company is The Dispatch, a center-right site founded by former Weekly Standard and National Review editors . 12 April 2021 . Nieman Lab . October 8, 2019 . 7 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165558/https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/10/substacks-first-media-company-is-the-dispatch-a-center-right-site-founded-by-former-weekly-standard-and-national-review-editors/ . live .
  12. News: Mullin . Benjamin . Robertson . Katie . 2022-10-20 . Are We Past Peak Newsletter? . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-26 . 0362-4331 . 2022-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026003159/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/business/media/newsletters-bubble.html . live .
  13. Web site: Trump critics on the right join the media wars. Michael. Calderone. Politico. 2019-10-19. 2020-07-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20200729025959/https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/08/trump-media-dispatch-bulwark-041121. live.
  14. News: Hayes . Steve . Giuliani to senator: "Just try to slow it down" . January 8, 2021 . The Dispatch . January 6, 2021 . January 11, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210111002759/https://thedispatch.com/p/giuliani-to-senator-try-to-just-slow . live .
  15. News: The Dispatch Staff . Impeach Donald Trump, Remove Him, and Bar Him From Holding Office Ever Again . 8 January 2021 . The Dispatch . 7 January 2021 . 8 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210108230744/https://thedispatch.com/p/impeach-donald-trump-remove-him-and . live .
  16. Web site: Get Ready for Angry Old Men Throwing Low Blows. Goldberg. Jonah. gfile.thedispatch.com. 2020-05-08. 2020-04-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083010/https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/get-ready-for-angry-old-men-throwing. live.
  17. Web site: How to Understand Our 'Great Power Competition' With China. Joscelyn. Thomas. vitalinterests.thedispatch.com. 2020-05-18. 2020-06-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20200618041904/https://vitalinterests.thedispatch.com/p/how-to-understand-our-great-power. live.
  18. Web site: The Dispatch Fact Check. Members. thedispatch.com. 2020-06-16. 2020-06-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200615140500/https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/about. live.
  19. Web site: Where We Have Fact-Checking. facebook.com. 2020-06-26. 2020-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20200728223759/https://www.facebook.com/journalismproject/programs/third-party-fact-checking/partner-map. live.
  20. Web site: Isgur. Sarah. The Mop-Up, with Chris Stirewalt. 2021-04-09. sweep.thedispatch.com. 2021-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20210305184117/https://sweep.thedispatch.com/p/the-mop-up-with-chris-stirewalt. live.
  21. Web site: Why I'm at the Dispatch . 19 September 2022 . 24 September 2022 . 24 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220924184322/https://thedispatch.com/p/why-im-at-the-dispatch-ea7 . live .
  22. Web site: The Remnant Podcast. Jonah Goldberg. en-US. 2020-05-18. 2020-05-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20200518055809/https://jonahgoldberg.com/the-remnant-podcast/. live.
  23. Web site: Social Capital vs. Social Justice. Goldberg. Jonah. remnant.thedispatch.com. 2020-05-18. 2020-05-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20200519155107/https://remnant.thedispatch.com/p/social-capital-vs-social-justice-fd2. live.
  24. Web site: A Better Conservative Media and a Better Politics . 7 September 2022 . 24 September 2022 . 24 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220924184324/https://thedispatch.com/p/a-better-conservative-media-and-a . live .
  25. Web site: Kevin D. Williamson Joins the Dispatch . 19 September 2022 . 24 September 2022 . 24 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220924182644/https://thedispatch.com/p/kevin-d-williamson-joins-the-dispatch . live .

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