It's the end of an era.
SCOTUSblog has been acquired by The Dispatch.
There have been rumblings about one of the OG Blogs being sold for a variety of factors (including the arrest of one of the founders, Tom Goldstein).
Now it's official.
Amy Howe, Tom's wife and co-founder of the blog, writes about the sale here:
SCOTUSblog is delighted to announce that it has been acquired by Dispatch Media, Inc., and will round out The Dispatch’s coverage of the Supreme Court and the rule of law.
This blog began nearly a quarter of a century ago as a way to promote our legal work. Over the years, it has evolved into a resource on all things related to the Supreme Court, from soup-to-nuts coverage of the cases argued at the court to retirements, confirmations, and other special features. We have scaled back our coverage in recent years as the costs of that coverage grew, but through our partnership with The Dispatch, we will be able to restore SCOTUSblog’s publishing capabilities, including expanded analysis for all merits cases and oral arguments.
The Dispatch plans to maintain SCOTUSblog as our users have come to enjoy it and will continue to offer its existing content to all readers at no cost — while bringing back some of the site’s most beloved features, such as the Stat Pack. The site will also continue to remain a source of unbiased coverage of the Supreme Court.
Another OG blogger, David Lat, will have involvement in SCOTUSblog. From Lat's newsletter:
And I’m delighted to share that I have a personal connection to this news: as noted in Steve Hayes’s post, I’m partnering with The Dispatch as it works toward becoming, as Dispatch president Michael Rothman put it, “the definitive source for legal news and analysis in the United States.” So in the weeks and months ahead, expect to hear my voice on Advisory Opinions and read my writing in SCOTUSblog.
When I first entered legal blogging around 20 years ago, launching Underneath Their Robes (2004) and then Above the Law (2006), I drew inspiration from Tom Goldstein and Amy Howe, who founded SCOTUSblog in 2002—so it’s wild for me to think that I’ll now be contributing to SCOTUSblog’s pages.
Congrats to Tom, Amy, David, and The Dispatch. SCOTUSblog has always been the place to go for Supreme Court news, and I'm sure that will not change.
3 comments:
The Dispatch is not familiar to me. I understand now that, while it has been critical of the Trump administration in the past, it is generally regarded as a right-wing (or at least a "conservative") enterprise.
No concerns with such an enterprise acquiring and, presumably having editorial discretion over, the preeminent interface between the public and the Court? Hmmm...
Sell outs. I turned them down.
F that!
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