The Dispatch

The Dispatch is a United States center-right subscription-based and advertisement-free online magazine founded by Stephen F. Hayes. Several of The Dispatch's staff (including Hayes) are alumni of the defunct The Weekly Standard.

For similar terms, see the Dispatch (disambiguation) and Dispatch (disambiguation).
The Dispatch
Type of site
Political journalism, political commentary
Available inEnglish
Created byStephen F. Hayes
Jonah Goldberg
Toby Stock
EditorsJonah Goldberg (editor-in-chief)
Rachael Larimore (managing editor)
David A. French (senior editor)
PresidentToby Stock
CEOStephen F. Hayes
Revenue$1.9 Million
URLthedispatch.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
LaunchedOctober 2019 (2019-10)

History

At 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.[1][2]

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.[3]

The Dispatch has been sharply critical of Donald Trump from a center-right perspective.[4] 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.[5] The next day, The Dispatch published an editorial calling for the impeachment and removal of President Trump.[6]

Content

The Dispatch offers a slate of free web content, podcasts, and a mix of paid and free newsletters. The Dispatch also provides free fact checks on their website.

Newsletters include:

  • The Morning Dispatch – a morning deep dive into the big political, and cultural stories of the day. Written by Declan Garvey, Andrew Egger, Sarah Isgur, Charlotte Lawson, Audrey Fahlberg, and Steve Hayes.
  • The G-File – Jonah Goldberg's weekly Friday "news"letter. There is also a paid Wednesday newsletter, nicknamed the "Hump Day Epistle."[7]
  • French Press – David French's newsletter "about law, politics, faith, culture, and the superiority of DC over Marvel."[8] It is published 4 times a week with a free edition on Sunday.
  • Vital Interests – a weekly newsletter focusing on threats to America's national security and interests around the globe.[9] It's written by Thomas Joscelyn of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
  • The Dispatch Fact Check – a newsletter seeking to "identify and correct errors of fact, misstatements, misinformation and outright disinformation that make their way into the news stories and social media feeds every day."[10] The Dispatch is one of Facebook's 10 third-party fact-checking partners in the United States.[11] Written by Alec Dent and Khaya Himmelman and edited by Rachael Larimore and Steve Hayes.

Podcasts include:

  • The Dispatch Podcast – the flagship podcast hosted by Sarah Isgur, and co-starring David French, Jonah Goldberg, and Steven Hayes. Isgur and Hayes also host special editions interviewing people.
  • 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".[12] There is also a weekly solo podcast where Jonah discusses his thoughts on the news of the week, along with explaining his weekly G-file, nicknamed the "Ruminant".[13]
  • Advisory Opinions – a weekly podcast on law, and culture with Sarah Isgur and David French.

Further reading
  • McKay Coppins (January 31, 2020). "The Conservatives Trying to Ditch Fake News: The Dispatch wants to sell serious, fact-based stories to the right. But do readers want them?". The Atlantic.
  • Laura Hazard Owen (October 8, 2019). "Substack’s first media company is The Dispatch, a center-right site founded by former Weekly Standard and National Review editors. Nieman Lab.

References
  1. Calderone, Michael. "Trump critics on the right join the media wars". Politico.
  2. Balluck, Kyle (October 8, 2019). "Jonah Goldberg, Steve Hayes launch conservative media company The Dispatch". The Hill (newspaper). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  3. Tracy, Marc (2020-09-23). "Journalists Are Leaving the Noisy Internet for Your Email Inbox". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  4. Calderone, Michael. "Trump critics on the right join the media wars". Politico.
  5. Hayes, Steve (January 6, 2021). "Giulian to senator: "Just try to slow it down"". The Dispatch. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  6. The Dispatch Staff (7 January 2021). "Impeach Donald Trump, Remove Him, and Bar Him From Holding Office Ever Again". The Dispatch. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  7. Goldberg, Jonah. "Get Ready for Angry Old Men Throwing Low Blows". gfile.thedispatch.com. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  8. Members. "The Dispatch". thedispatch.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  9. Joscelyn, Thomas. "How to Understand Our 'Great Power Competition' With China". vitalinterests.thedispatch.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  10. Members. "The Dispatch Fact Check". thedispatch.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  11. "Where We Have Fact-Checking". facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  12. "The Remnant Podcast". Jonah Goldberg. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  13. Goldberg, Jonah. "Social Capital vs. Social Justice". remnant.thedispatch.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
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