[1] The website publishes many submitted news and press releases due to their permissive policy.

Their website states: "If it's a press release issued in New Zealand, is legible, legal, sane, not hateful and not defamatory we will most probably publish it.

[citation needed] It was established in 1999 by Andrew McNaughton, Ian Llewellyn and Alastair Thompson.

[5] Alastair Thompson resigned as Scoop's chief executive and editor on 15 January 2014 after it became known that he was to be the general secretary of the Internet Party.

[4] Scoop was also recognised in the Qantas Media Awards as a finalist for "Best News Site" in 2007.