Hotline Scoop has officially ceased publication, which is really a shame. How many of its loyal fans can afford to pay the $5500 a year it costs to subscribe to The Hotline itself? (About those subscription rates: Unless things have changed since O'Toole File was in the business, long-term subscribers, who signed up when the publication was little more than a gleam in Doug Bailey's eye, pay considerably less.)

Anyway, say goodbye to Scoop. And if you're looking for an alternative, try Taegan Goddard's indispensable Political Wire, a comprehensive and well-written roundup of the day's political news.
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