The Dispatch

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The Dispatch
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The Dispatch's logo as of 2021
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The Dispatch's home page as of 2021
Type of site
 Political journalism, political commentary
Available in English
Created by Stephen F. Hayes
Jonah Goldberg
Toby Stock
EditorsJonah Goldberg (editor-in-chief)
Rachael Larimore (managing editor)
David A. French (contributing editor)
Chris Stirewalt (contributing editor)
PresidentToby Stock
CEOStephen F. Hayes
Revenue $1.9 million
URL thedispatch.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired for viewing some articles and for commenting
LaunchedOctober 2019;5 years ago (2019-10)

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] [3] Several of The Dispatch's staff (including Hayes) are alumni of The Weekly Standard , which is now defunct, and National Review . [1]

Contents

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". [4] 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. [5] The company is based in downtown Washington, D.C. [4] By June 2020, The Dispatch had grown to twelve staffers. [6]

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. [7] The founders intentionally avoided using venture capitalists. [6] 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, [5] including founding editor-in-chief Jonah Goldberg, managing editor Rachael Larimore, and (soon after its launch) senior editor David A. French. [2] [8] In January 2020, shortly after launching, The Dispatch Podcast appeared briefly on Apple's Top 100 news podcasts. [4] By March 2020, the company claimed to have nearly 10,000 paying subscribers. [9]

The Poynter Institute's International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) certified The Dispatch's fact-checking division in May 2020. [10] [11] As of Octobor 2024, The Dispatch had more than 500,000 subscribers, with more than 40,000 of them paying for the full service. [12] The company pulled in nearly $2 million in revenue during its first year, most of which was from Substack subscriptions. [5] [13] The Dispatch was Substack's first media company. [7] In October 2022, the publication moved from Substack to its own website. [14]

The Dispatch has been sharply critical of Donald Trump from a center-right perspective. [2] 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. [15] The next day, The Dispatch published an editorial calling for the impeachment and removal of President Trump. [16]

Content

The Dispatch provides free web content, podcasts, and a mix of paid and free newsletters. [4] The Dispatch also produces a fact-checking column. [4]

Newsletters

Podcasts

Notable personnel

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