The Dispatch

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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".{{cite news |last1=Coppins |first1=McKay |title=The Conservatives Trying to Ditch Fake News |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/dispatch-tries-sell-real-news-right/605860/ |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=The Atlantic |date=January 31, 2020 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310020332/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/dispatch-tries-sell-real-news-right/605860/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Mike |title=Scoop: Steve Hayes and Jonah Goldberg to launch The Dispatch |url=https://www.axios.com/dispatch-steve-hayes-jonah-goldberg-conservative-news-26d43a86-3b69-4e61-a789-68bbb09b87dd.html |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=Axios |date=October 8, 2019 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418000752/https://www.axios.com/dispatch-steve-hayes-jonah-goldberg-conservative-news-26d43a86-3b69-4e61-a789-68bbb09b87dd.html |url-status=live }} The company is based in downtown Washington, D.C. By June 2020, The Dispatch had grown to twelve staffers.{{cite news |last1=Bienaime |first1=Pierre |title='We don't need your clicks': The Dispatch co-founder Steve Hayes on bucking the attention economy |url=https://digiday.com/media/dispatch-cofounder-steve-hayes-attention-economy-engagement-newsletters/ |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=Digiday |date=June 16, 2020 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412170052/https://digiday.com/media/dispatch-cofounder-steve-hayes-attention-economy-engagement-newsletters/ |url-status=live }}

The Dispatch began with a beta launch in October 2019 and fully launched on January 7, 2020. Hayes, Goldberg, and Stock own a majority of the company, but there are additional individual investors. The founders intentionally avoided using venture capitalists. 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, including founding editor-in-chief Jonah Goldberg, managing editor Rachael Larimore, and (soon after its launch) senior editor David A. French.{{Cite web |last=Balluck |first=Kyle |date=October 8, 2019 |title=Jonah Goldberg, Steve Hayes launch conservative media company The Dispatch |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/464849-jonah-goldberg-steve-hayes-launch-conservative-media-company-the-dispatch |access-date=2020-09-24 |website=The Hill |archive-date=2020-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619215246/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/464849-jonah-goldberg-steve-hayes-launch-conservative-media-company-the-dispatch |url-status=live }} In January 2020, shortly after launching, The Dispatch Podcast appeared briefly on Apple's Top 100 news podcasts. By March 2020, the company claimed to have nearly 10,000 paying subscribers.{{cite news |last1=Ha |first1=Anthony |title=The Dispatch, a news organization built on Substack, passes $1M in annual revenue |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/17/the-dispatch-substack-1-million-revenue/ |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=TechCrunch |date=March 17, 2020 |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413113712/https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/17/the-dispatch-substack-1-million-revenue/ |url-status=live }}

The Poynter Institute's International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) certified The Dispatch{{'}}s fact-checking division in May 2020.{{cite web |last1=Susca |first1=Margot |title=The Dispatch |url=https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/application/public/the-dispatch/FCAB19A8-4E9D-7CF1-22F1-304CAD869703 |website=International Fact-Checking Network |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=27 April 2020 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420082144/https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/application/public/the-dispatch/FCAB19A8-4E9D-7CF1-22F1-304CAD869703 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=The Dispatch |url=https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/profile/the-dispatch |website=International Fact-Checking Network |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=15 May 2020 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420075653/https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/profile/the-dispatch |url-status=live }} As of October 2024, The Dispatch had more than 500,000 subscribers, with more than 40,000 of them paying for the full service.{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Steve |date=2024-10-08 |title=Thank You |url=https://thedispatch.com/article/thank-you-five-years-2/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=The Dispatch |language=en-US}} The company pulled in nearly $2 million in revenue during its first year, most of which was from Substack subscriptions.{{Cite web |last=Tracy |first=Marc |date=2020-09-23 |title=Journalists Are Leaving the Noisy Internet for Your Email Inbox |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/business/media/substack-newsletters-journalists.html |access-date=2020-09-24 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=2022-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505120242/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/business/media/substack-newsletters-journalists.html |url-status=live }} The Dispatch was Substack's first media company.{{cite news |last1=Owen |first1=Laura Hazard |title=Substack's first media company is The Dispatch, a center-right site founded by former Weekly Standard and National Review editors |url=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/ |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=Nieman Lab |date=October 8, 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=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/ |url-status=live }} In October 2022, the publication moved from Substack to its own website.{{Cite news |last1=Mullin |first1=Benjamin |last2=Robertson |first2=Katie |date=2022-10-20 |title=Are We Past Peak Newsletter? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/business/media/newsletters-bubble.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2022-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026003159/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/business/media/newsletters-bubble.html |url-status=live }}

The Dispatch has been sharply critical of Donald Trump from a center-right perspective.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/08/trump-media-dispatch-bulwark-041121|title=Trump critics on the right join the media wars|first=Michael|last=Calderone|website=Politico|date=October 8, 2019 |access-date=2019-10-19|archive-date=2020-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729025959/https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/08/trump-media-dispatch-bulwark-041121|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Hayes |first1=Steve |title=Giuliani to senator: "Just try to slow it down" |url=https://thedispatch.com/p/giuliani-to-senator-try-to-just-slow |access-date=January 8, 2021 |agency=The Dispatch |date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111002759/https://thedispatch.com/p/giuliani-to-senator-try-to-just-slow |url-status=live }} The next day, The Dispatch published an editorial calling for the impeachment and removal of President Trump.{{cite news |last1=The Dispatch Staff |title=Impeach Donald Trump, Remove Him, and Bar Him From Holding Office Ever Again |url=https://thedispatch.com/p/impeach-donald-trump-remove-him-and |access-date=8 January 2021 |agency=The Dispatch |date=7 January 2021 |archive-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108230744/https://thedispatch.com/p/impeach-donald-trump-remove-him-and |url-status=live }}

In April 2025, Dispatch Media, Inc. acquired the legal publication SCOTUSblog.{{Cite web |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=2025-04-23 |title=The Dispatch Buys SCOTUSblog, a Supreme Court Mainstay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/business/media/scotusblog-the-dispatch.html |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Steve |date=2025-04-23 |title=The Dispatch Acquires SCOTUSblog |url=https://thedispatch.com/article/dispatch-acquires-scotusblog/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=The Dispatch |language=en-US}}

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

• The Morning Dispatch – a morning deep dive into the big political and cultural stories of the day. It is written by Charlotte Lawson, Grayson Logue, and James P. Sutton.
• The G-File – Jonah Goldberg's weekly Friday newsletter. There is also a paid Wednesday newsletter, nicknamed the "Hump Day Epistle".{{Cite web|title=Get Ready for Angry Old Men Throwing Low Blows|url=https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/get-ready-for-angry-old-men-throwing|last=Goldberg|first=Jonah|website=gfile.thedispatch.com|access-date=2020-05-08|archive-date=2020-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083010/https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/get-ready-for-angry-old-men-throwing|url-status=live}}
• Boiling Frogs – a daily newsletter written by Nick Catoggio.{{Cite web |title=Newsletters |url=https://thedispatch.com/newsletters/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=The Dispatch |language=en-US}}
• Capitolism – Scott Lincicome's weekly newsletter about federal economic policy.
• Wanderland – Kevin D. Williamson's weekly newsletter.{{cite web |url=https://thedispatch.com/p/why-im-at-the-dispatch-ea7 |title=Why I'm at the Dispatch |date=19 September 2022 |access-date=24 September 2022 |archive-date=24 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924184322/https://thedispatch.com/p/why-im-at-the-dispatch-ea7 |url-status=live}}
• Dispatch Faith – essays from various faith writers, edited by Michael Reneau.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-27 |title=Christian Nationalism's Failure of Imagination |url=https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch-faith/karen-swallow-prior-christian-nationalisms-failure-of-imagination/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=The Dispatch |language=en-US}}

• The Dispatch Podcast – hosted by Sarah Isgur, and co-starring Jonah Goldberg, Stephen Hayes, and Michael Warren. Jamie Weinstein also hosts a weekend interview edition.{{Cite web |title=Podcasts |url=https://thedispatch.com/podcasts/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=The Dispatch |language=en-US}}
• The Remnant – a podcast featuring conversations between Jonah Goldberg and a weekly guest that mixes "history, pop culture, rank-punditry, political philosophy, and, at times, shameless book-plugging".{{Cite web|title=The Remnant Podcast|url=https://jonahgoldberg.com/the-remnant-podcast/|website=Jonah Goldberg|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-18|archive-date=2020-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518055809/https://jonahgoldberg.com/the-remnant-podcast/|url-status=live}} There is also a weekly solo podcast where Goldberg discusses his thoughts on the news of the week, along with explaining his weekly G-file, nicknamed the "Ruminant".{{Cite web|title=Social Capital vs. Social Justice|url=https://remnant.thedispatch.com/p/social-capital-vs-social-justice-fd2|last=Goldberg|first=Jonah|website=remnant.thedispatch.com|access-date=2020-05-18|archive-date=2020-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519155107/https://remnant.thedispatch.com/p/social-capital-vs-social-justice-fd2|url-status=live}}
• Advisory Opinions – podcast on law and culture with Sarah Isgur and David French.

• Stephen F. Hayes, CEO and co-founder
• Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief and co-founder
• David A. French, contributing editor
• Chris Stirewalt, contributing editor
• Sarah Isgur, staff writer and podcast host
• Nick Catoggio, staff writer{{cite web | url=https://thedispatch.com/p/a-better-conservative-media-and-a | title=A Better Conservative Media and a Better Politics | date=7 September 2022 | access-date=24 September 2022 | archive-date=24 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924184324/https://thedispatch.com/p/a-better-conservative-media-and-a | url-status=live }}
• Kevin D. Williamson, national correspondent{{cite web | url=https://thedispatch.com/p/kevin-d-williamson-joins-the-dispatch | title=Kevin D. Williamson Joins the Dispatch | date=19 September 2022 | access-date=24 September 2022 | archive-date=24 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924182644/https://thedispatch.com/p/kevin-d-williamson-joins-the-dispatch | url-status=live }}
• Jamie Weinstein, podcast host

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