Punchbowl News

Punchbowl News
Screenshot
Punchbowl News' homepage on May 12, 2024
Type of site
News
Available inEnglish
Founder(s)
Employees30[1]
URLpunchbowl.news
CommercialYes
Launched2021; 3 years ago (2021)
Current statusActive

Punchbowl News is an online political news daily in Washington, D.C., which debuted on January 3, 2021, as "a membership-based news community", which focuses on the individuals "who power the US legislature". It intends to be non-partisan and non-judgemental, focusing on scoops and facts about Congress and the Washington power establishment, particularly core power-players.[2][3][4]

The initial products from Punchbowl included a free weekday-morning newsletter. Premium subscribers (annual subscription: $300[2]) also received afternoon and evening editions, and access to question-and-answer sessions with the authors, online via Zoom, and a Sunday conversation.[2][4] The team launched a podcast with Cadence13 in early February 2021,[2][4][5] and by early April 2021, it was available as The Daily Punch on Apple Podcasts Preview.[6] Conference calls and virtual events are also to be provided to subscribers.[2]

  1. ^ "Punchbowl News - About". Punchbowl News. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "The Media Equation: They Seem to Think the Next Four Years Will Be Normal: A Beltway school of journalism wants to get back to just-the-facts-ma'am reporting..." The New York Times. January 3, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "Punchbowl". Muckrack. 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Vernon, Pete (January 19, 2021). "Q&A: Punchbowl's Jake Sherman on Capitol coverage in the new Washington". Columbia Journalism Review. New York City: Columbia University. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  5. ^ Johnson, Ted (February 1, 2021). "Media Startup Punchbowl News Launches Podcast As D.C. Spotlight Shifts To Capitol". Deadline. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  6. ^ "The Daily Punch: Punchbowl News and Cadence13". Apple Podcasts Preview. Retrieved April 19, 2021.