Dispatch or dispatches may refer to:

Arts, media and entertainment

Newspapers

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The Columbus Dispatch ''The Columbus Dispatch'' is a daily newspaper based in Columbus, Ohio. Its first issue was published on July 1, 1871, and it has been the only mainstream daily newspaper in the city since ''The Columbus Citizen-Journal'' ceased publication in 19 ...

'', daily newspaper of Columbus, Ohio * ''

Daily Dispatch The ''Daily Dispatch'' is a South African newspaper published in East London in the province of Eastern Cape. The weekend edition is titled ''Saturday Dispatch''. Founded in 1872 as the ''East London Dispatch'', the ''Daily Dispatch'' is the Eas ...

'', a South African newspaper * ''

The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus ''The Dispatch–Argus'' is a daily morning newspaper in East Moline, Illinois and circulated primarily throughout the Illinois side of the Quad Cities — Moline, East Moline, Rock Island and Rock Island County, but also for sale in retail esta ...

'', daily newspaper of East Moline, Illinois * ''

St. Louis Post-Dispatch The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a major regional newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the largest daily newspaper in the metropolitan area by circulation, surpassing the ''Belleville News-De ...

'', daily newspaper of St. Louis, Missouri * '' Richmond Times-Dispatch'', daily newspaper of Richmond, Virginia * ''

Alaska Dispatch News The ''Anchorage Daily News'' is a daily newspaper published by the Binkley Co., and based in Anchorage, Alaska. It is the most widely read newspaper and news website (adn.com) in the state of Alaska. The newspaper is headquartered in Anchorage, ...

'', daily newspaper of Anchorage, Alaska * ''

Observer-Dispatch The ''Observer-Dispatch'' (''The O-D'') is the largest newspaper serving the Utica-Rome metropolitan area in Central New York, circulating in Oneida County, Herkimer County, and parts of Madison County. Based in Utica, New York, the publica ...

'', daily newspaper of Utica, New York

Radio and television

* ''Dispatches'' (radio program), a Canadian radio program aired on CBC Radio One * ''Dispatches'' (TV programme) (since 1987), a British documentary show broadcast on Channel 4 * '' Dispatches from Elsewhere'', an American drama television series

Bands

Dispatch (band) Dispatch is an American indie/roots band. The band consists of Brad Corrigan (vocals, drums, guitar, percussion, harmonica) and Chad Urmston (vocals, guitar, bass, percussion). The band's original bassist, Pete Francis Heimbold, left in 2019. ...

, an American jam band ** ''Dispatch'' (EP), their 2011 extended-play release * Dispatched, a Swedish death-metal band

Other

* ''Dispatches'' (book), a 1977 book by Michael Herr about the Vietnam War * ''Dispatches'' (magazine), a defunct 2008 political magazine * ''

The Dispatch ''The Dispatch'' is an American conservative subscription-based and advertisement-free online magazine founded by Jonah Goldberg, Stephen F. Hayes, and Toby Stock. Several of ''The Dispatchs staff (including Hayes) are alumni of the defunct ...

'', a political online magazine *

Dispatch News Service Dispatch News Service International is the news agency founded in 1968 by young journalists Michael Morrow, Dan Derby, Emerson Manawis, and actor Richard Hughes. Other reporters that either actively joined the news agency as full-time reporters, ...

, a news agency

Vehicles

Citroën Dispatch Citroën () is a French automobile brand. The "Automobiles Citroën" manufacturing company was founded in March 1919 by André Citroën. Citroën is owned by Stellantis since 2021 and previously was part of the PSA Group after Peugeot acquired 8 ...

, a small van * ''Dispatch'' (sternwheeler), an early 20th century steamboat in Oregon, US * Dispatcher Jeep, a postal Jeep used by the US Postal Service; see List of Jeep vehicles#DJ

Other uses

Dispatch, Kansas Dispatch is an unincorporated community in Smith County, Kansas Smith County (standard abbreviation: SM) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,570. Its county seat is Smith Center. The c ...

, an unincorporated community in the US *

Dispatch (logistics) Dispatch is a procedure for assigning employees (workers) or vehicles to customers. Industries that dispatch include taxicabs, couriers, emergency services, as well as home and commercial services such as maid services, plumbing, HVAC, pest co ...

, a procedure in logistics *

Dynamic dispatch In computer science, dynamic dispatch is the process of selecting which implementation of a polymorphic operation (method or function) to call at run time. It is commonly employed in, and considered a prime characteristic of, object-oriented ...

, a computer-programming technique *

Dispatched labor Dispatched labor refers to an atypical employment relationship. Dispatch work agencies receive requests from businesses to have them hire and manage labor on the business' behalf. This type of labor is known as "dispatched labor". There is in fact ...

, an employment relationship *

Dispatcher A dispatcher is a communications worker who receives and transmits information to coordinate operations of other personnel and vehicles carrying out a service. A number of organizations, including police and fire departments, emergency medical ...

, communications personnel *

Instruction dispatch In computer engineering, out-of-order execution (or more formally dynamic execution) is a paradigm used in most high-performance central processing units to make use of instruction cycles that would otherwise be wasted. In this paradigm, a proce ...

, in a CPU