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 ...

'', 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 ''Daily Dispatch Weekend Edition''. Founded in 1872 as the ''East London Dispatch and Shipping and Mer ...

'', a South African newspaper * ''

The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus ''The Dispatch–Argus'' is a daily morning newspaper in Davenport, Iowa, 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 establis ...

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

St. Louis Post-Dispatch The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a 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-Democra ...

'', daily newspaper of St. Louis, Missouri * ''

Richmond Times-Dispatch The ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' (''RTD'' or ''TD'' for short) is the primary daily newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, and the primary newspaper of record for the state of Virginia. Circulation The ''Times-Dispatch'' has the second-highest circul ...

'', 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 a 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 publication is o ...

'', 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 ''Dispatches from Elsewhere'' is an American drama television series created by and starring Jason Segel that premiered on March 1, 2020, on AMC. It is based on the documentary film '' The Institute'' about the alternate reality game The Jejune ...

'', 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 201 ...

, 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 center-right subscription-based online magazine founded by Jonah Goldberg, Stephen F. Hayes, and Toby Stock. Several of ''The Dispatchs staff (including Hayes) are alumni of '' The Weekly Standard'', whi ...

'', a political online magazine *

Dispatch News Service Dispatch News Service International (DNSI) was an alternative news agency that operated from 1968 to 1973. Initially focusing on in-depth reporting on the Vietnam War, DNS as it was commonly known, established its main operations in Saigon, Sout ...

, a news agency

Vehicles

Citroën Dispatch Citroën ()The double-dot diacritic over the 'e' is a diaeresis () indicating the two vowels are sounded separately, and not as a diphthong. is a French automobile brand. The "Automobiles Citroën" manufacturing company was founded on 4 June 19 ...

, 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 An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) ...

, 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 contr ...

, 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 fa ...

, an employment relationship *

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

, communications personnel *

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

, in a CPU