Two of the biggest names in conservative journalism — Steve Hayes, formerly of the now-defunct Weekly Standard, and Jonah Goldberg, a longtime National Review star — will launch The Dispatch, a digital media company, on Tuesday.
Why it matters: The Dispatch, citing “worrisome” trends in journalism on the right, is plunging into a tough space — conservative, but not a booster of President Trump. “The conservative movement was not intended to be a handmaiden to a single political party,” the co-founders say in a letter to readers.
The website will go live today, the first in a string of newsletters begins tomorrow, and Goldberg has begun the first podcast, The Remnant.
– Hayes told Axios the hallmark will be “reporting from the center right”: “We’re unapologetically conservative, but … these have to be fact-based arguments.”
– The Dispatch, based in Washington, begins with 8 full-time staffers — “a pirate skiff with limited provisions amidst choppy waters.”
– The co-founders raised roughly $6 million from a few dozen investors.
– It’s partnering with Substack, the paid newsletter publishing platform, which will begin hosting Goldberg’s “The G-File” newsletter Friday.
Hayes and Goldberg — along with their senior editor, former National Review senior editor David French — are longtime critics of Trump.
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— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 8, 2019
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— David French (@DavidAFrench) October 8, 2019
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— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) October 8, 2019
Trump skeptics in the conservative media are gaining steamhttps://t.co/edCosTZqSe
— POLITICO (@politico) October 9, 2019
Excellent! I’m going to have to check this out.
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