Columbus Dispatch: Local News 12+
Breaking News + eNewspaper
Gannett
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
The Columbus Dispatch is your top source for breaking news in Columbus and Ohio. Stay informed with our in-depth coverage, timely updates, and comprehensive reporting on the stories that matter most to you. From local events to statewide issues, we are committed to delivering the news that impacts your community.
We’re here because we believe that local journalism is valuable – from simple things like weather reports that let you know you’ll need a jacket today to in-depth investigations and the latest news right on the app.
We’re our community’s trusted storytellers. We’re here for it.
WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT:
• Impactful insider coverage of Ohio politics that keeps your state, county and city governments in check.
• Journalism that makes our neighborhoods better by celebrating the good, solving the bad, and investigating the ugly.
• Unparalleled coverage on the latest news on growth and development in central Ohio, including Ohio's Intel Project.
• Sports coverage for locals, by locals, analyzing the Blue Jackets, the Crew, Ohio State University, and high school sports programs.
• Sports analysis from our reporters in the newsroom delivered via text message.
• App features like real-time alerts, challenging puzzles and lively podcasts, a personalized feed, the eNewspaper, and more.
APP FEATURES:
• Real-time breaking news alerts
• A personalized feed on the all-new For You page
• Lively podcasts with hosts who are connected to the pulse of our city
• The eNewspaper, a digital replica of our print newspaper
Subscription Information:
• The Columbus Dispatch app is free to download, and all users can access a sampling of free articles every month.
• Subscriptions are charged to your account at confirmation of purchase and automatically renew each month or year, unless turned off in your account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. See "Subscription Support" in the app's Settings for more details and customer service contact information.
MORE INFORMATION:
• Privacy Policy: https://cm.dispatch.com/privacy/
• Terms of Service: https://cm.dispatch.com/terms/
• Questions or Comments: mobilesupport@gannett.com
What’s New
Version 8.1.0
• We've made stability improvements to the app.
• We've also resolved bugs.
• For any questions, feedback or concerns, please reach out to feedback@usatoday.com
Ratings and Reviews
See AllLatest enewspaper section is an improvement.
The zoom in and back out behavior is working pretty well, so now I can stay in swipe mode as I navigate through the e-edition. it can get out of sync, but I'm learning hitting the swipe button again usually gets it back in sync. I also really appreciate that if I accidentally hit a button that takes me out of the enewspaper, resuming now picks up where I left off instead reloading and taking me to back the front page.
Columbus Dispatch app tough to use
I will start with a positive comment. I very much enjoy their content. As a long time resident and supporter of the Columbus region, I feel the coverage, from politics to community needs, its all good coverage. My negative is simply that their app and customer support is very lacking. Customer support is only available by phone, and then when you finally reach someone, they will tell you that they do not support the online services of the Dispatch. The app has a very limited Q&A section.
Their chat feature, once you find it on the full Dispatch web site (not within the app), only deals with delivery and subscriptions for the paper deliver service, not online service! Frustrating.
Anyway, I hope they figure this out. Online delivery of the news is their future, whether they want to face it or not. Good luck Dispatch!
E-Edition is not user friendly
The most recent version of the E-Edition is very clunky and difficult to navigate. With prior version, you just double clicked on a story, and it would pull up the story, and you could “X” out when done and it would take you back to the same page you were just on. Also, you used the back and forward arrows to turn the pages. Easy and made sense. Still can’t figure out this new version, even after reading the tutorial. Can’t figure how to view the entire story, and get back to the previous page. Also, the back and forth arrow keys take you to the home page of the app, they don’t turn the pages. Also, the pages are too small to read, or if you enlarge them, they too big and can only view part of the page at a time. Please fix this, reading the paper shouldn’t be so difficult and stressful. Can’t even imagine how it difficult it is for for those who are less computer-literate than I am.
App Privacy
The developer, Gannett, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Gannett
- Size
- 168.7 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Armenian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- 12+ Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information
- Copyright
- © 2025 Gannett Co., Inc.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Subscription $24.99
- Subscription $69.99
- Monthly Digital Subscription $24.99