The Daily Planet is one of Metropolis's oldest and most respected newspapers.[1] As of 2005, Pauline Kahn was the Editor-in-Chief. By 2010, the Daily Planet was conducting a global search for a new Editor-In-Chief. Franklin Stern was Lois and Clark’s managing editor, during which time he briefly assumed Tess Mercer’s role as publisher.[2] The paper's slogan is "Straight from the Source." [3]
In 2007, Lex Luthor revealed that he had purchased the Daily Planet.[4] He quickly started to exert editorial control over the paper. He hand-picked Lois Lane to write a flattering exposé about him, but when she instead threatened to detail his numerous crimes, he killed the story.[5] He monitored email and data communication of his employees.[6] He also fired several staff members, including Chloe Sullivan after she lied to him about a key that Lionel had left for her.[7]
Following the disappearance of Lex, Tess Mercer took over ownership of the Planet. Tess then asked Oliver if he wanted to invest his own money into LuthorCorp in a merger deal with his own company, Queen Industries. He agreed and they announced the deal at a LuthorCorp board meeting to the dismay of Lex who used Winslow Schott to plant a bomb to kill Oliver and Tess. Tess wasn't present but Oliver suffered some minor injuries before getting revenge by killing Lex with a bomb built by Toyman. Through this deal, Oliver became a substantial shareholder at the paper.
Franklin Stern was an editor who apparently took over publishing duties for a brief period while Tess went into hiding from the covert government agency known as Checkmate.
Lex later resurfaced and killed Tess, thus reclaiming everything that he had previously owned including the Daily Planet. However sometime later Lex sold the company because he felt that the newspaper has become more tabloid than news source.[8] It is unknown whom Lex sold the newspaper to.
The Daily Planet building's most distinguishing and famous feature is the enormous globe that sits on top of the building. The Planet accepts four high school students as summer interns from the state.[9]
Physical Appearance[]
The Daily Planet upwards shot
- Outdoors
City skyline view of Meteropolis and the Daily Planet
The Daily Planet is based in a tall skyscraper building, located at address 355, 1000 Broadway in Metropolis, Kansas,[10] next door to LuthorCorp Plaza [11] and across the street from the Ace of Clubs.[12]
The Daily Planet from a skyline shot looking down
The Daily Planet rooftop overlooks the entire city of Metropolis.
- Indoors
Front entrance
Planet building sixth floor
The higher levels of Daily Planet.
Junior reporters and photographers at the Planet work in exposed desks in a basement bullpen. For several years, Lois and Clark worked in the open plan "basement" at the Daily Planet (Chloe used to work here as well, before she was fired.)
There are several other indoor spaces at the Planet:
- The top reporters/senior reporters at the paper work on higher level floors in the building.[13]
- Owner Tess Mercer also had a large private office at the Planet.
- Top reporters, columnists and editors like Grant Gabriel and Linda Lake—and later, Lois and Clark—also get their own offices.
- There is a supply closet near the basement.
- A large staircase in the center of the building goes all the way from the basement to the roof (Gemini, Noir).
- There is also a bank of elevators that connects the floors in the building.
- There is an enormous walk-in freezer in the building, presumably servicing the Daily Planet kitchen. Lois and Jimmy were locked in the freezer by Lex Luthor's assistant, Gina. (Descent)
- Some floors appear to be dedicated to specific departments. For example, the entire sixth floor is dedicated to political correspondence, where political correspondents like Brennan worked (Noir).
Known Staff[]
Lois joined the Planet staff in 2007.
- Current Staff
- Lois Lane joined the Daily Planet staff in 2007, when she was hired away from the Metropolis Inquisitor by then editor Grant Gabriel.[14] After almost four years at the paper, Lois was promoted out of the basement bullpen and got her own office.[15]
Clark joined the Planet staff in 2008
- Clark Kent joined the Daily Planet staff in 2008, working at the desk opposite Lois Lane.[16] After about four years at the paper, Clark was promoted out of the bullpen, and into an office of his own.[17]
- James Bartholomew Olsen the younger brother of Henry James Olsen followed in his brother's footsteps by becoming a photographer for the Daily Planet working alongside Lois and Clark by 2013.[18][19]
- Perry White joined the Daily Planet staff around 2003, after a career slump and severe alcoholism.[20] In 2010, White was assigned as editor for the Planets' foreign offices in Britain.[21] By 2013, White had become the Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Planet.[18]
- Franklin Stern was an editor, who also assumed Tess Mercer’s duties as publisher during the period she went on the run from Checkmate.[22] While Tess returned as publisher the following year and maintained the position until her death; Stern either remained in the Editor position, or was reinstated following her death. [23]
- Randall Brady became the City Editor for the Daily Planet following the death of Grant Gabriel at a steak house. In an alternate timeline, he promoted Lois Lane after the story she wrote on Clark Kent's alien heritage and time as the Red-Blue Blur. He was infected by the zombie virus, but later cured by an antidote formed out of Clark's blood. It is unknown if Randall still works at the newspaper. On Valentine's Day 2010, Lois answered to an editor named Buddy Brown.[25] When Clark Kent met Franklin Stern, a short time later, he mentioned that the newspaper had been going through a lot of editors lately.[22]
- Jeff Hage started out as an intern at the Daily Planet, around 2008,[26] before being hired as a reporter for the paper in 2011.[27]
- Ron Troupe is a reporter at the Daily Planet.
- Steve Lombard is a reporter for the Daily Planet.[28] In 2011, a Steve Lombard was said to have left the paper for a job at the Daily Star.[15] However, it is unknown if that was another employee with the same or similar name, or if he simply returned to the Daily Planet.
- Colin is an employee of the Daily Planet.[29] Though, it is unclear if he still works there, having not been seen since early 2009.[30]
- Janet Dawson is a political correspondent for the Daily Planet.[19]
- Buddy Brown is an editor for the Daily Planet.[25] Though, it is unclear if he still works there. When Clark Kent met Franklin Stern, he mentioned that the newspaper had been going through a lot of editors lately.[22]
- Molly Nichols is a reporter for the Daily Planet.[31][32]
- Ted Biddleman is a reporter for the Daily Planet.[33] Though, it is unclear if he still worked there, after Lex Luthor bought the newspaper in late 2007, and fired a lot of employees.[34]
- Mark Black is a reporter for the Daily Planet.[31]
- Alumni
Chloe receives a by-line in the paper in Subterranean.
- Chloe Sullivan was briefly an intern at the Planet during her high school years.[35] In 2003, Lionel Luthor arranged for her to get her own column, but then had her fired within a few months.[36] In college, Chloe was re-hired as an intern and had articles published.[33][37] She was fired by Lex Luthor in 2008.[38]
- Andrea Rojas worked at the Planet as an intern, to gain information for her activities as a vigilante. After she murdered Snake and attempted to murder Lionel Luthor, Andrea emptied her desk and fled Metropolis.[39]
- Pauline Kahn was the Editor-in-Chief in 2005.[33]
- Dinah Lance was a conservative talk show host who worked at the Daily Planet.[40] She left the paper and moved to Platinum Flats.[41]
- John Corben was brought into the Daily Planet as a replacement for Clark Kent, but involuntarily vacated the role after becoming a cyborg.[42]
- Grant McKinnon was the Managing Editor. Chloe took calls for him during her internship.[43]
- Ron Black was an Ace Reporter. He was aided by Chloe in finding a connection between a mob boss and CEO of a company called Intertech [43]
- Tess Mercer succeeded Lex Luthor as the owner, and appointed herself as publisher to maintain a watchful eye on Clark Kent. [44]
- Deceased Staff
- Max Taylor edited Chloe's column before being killed by his hypnotized assistant.[36]
- Linda Lake was a gossip columnist who worked at the Daily Planet. She used her ability to transform her body into water to gather gossip and print it in her column. She was murdered by Davis Bloome while imprisoned at Metropolis General Hospital.[45][46]
- T. Brennan was the chief political correspondent for the Daily Planet. He was shot and killed by hired killers trying to block the story from being published.[47]
- Sebastian Kane was a reporter hired by Tess Mercer to spy on Lois Lane until he was killed by Chloe Sullivan.[48]
- Henry James Olsen worked as an on-location photographer. He quit his job in 2009.[49] He was later murdered by David Bloome.[50]
Appearances[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | # | ||
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| Season 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Season 3 | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Season 5 | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X | X | 17 | ||
| Season 6 | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X | X | - | - | X | - | - | X | X | X | 16 | ||
| Season 7 | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X | 17 | ||||
| Season 8 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X | X | 19 | ||
| Season 9 | X | X | X | X | - | X | - | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X | - | X | X | 17 | ||
| Season 10 | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X | X | X | - | X | X | X | 18 | ||
| Total | 107 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Season One: X-Ray (mentioned only)
- Season Eleven: Guardian, Detective, Haunted, Argo
- Smallville Miniseries: Lantern, Chaos, Continuity
- Smallville Comic: Exile and The Kingdom, What I Did On My Summer Vacation, Sojourn
Gallery[]
- Daily Planet staff as of 2018
- Daily Planet staff as of 2011
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- Former Daily Planet staff
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In the Comics[]
The Daily Planet team
Daily Planet in the comics
In the comics, the Daily Planet will be the place of business for:
- Lois Lane - Top Ace reporter, partner and wife of Clark Kent
- Clark Kent - Mild-Mannered reporter/Superman, partner and husband of Lois Lane
- Jimmy Olsen - Photographer, Superman's pal
- Perry White - Editor-in-chief
- Bruce Wayne - Business Owner
- Lana Lang - Business Editor
- Cat Grant - Gossip Columnist
- Steve Lombard - Sports Reporter
- Ron Troupe - Political Editorialist
The Planet's history stretches back for generations. According to Post-Crisis continuity, the first issue of the Daily Planet was an American Revolution-era news gazette, and the first issue featured an interview with George Washington.
In the late 1990s, Lex Luthor bought the Planet and threatened to shut it down. Lois convinced Lex to sell it back to Perry. It came at a price; although Lex sold it back to Perry for only $1, he stipulated to Lois that at some point in the future he would demand that she kill a story of his choosing. Years later when Lois attempted to publish proof of President Luthor's wrongdoings during the Imperiex War, he cashed in this favor to kill the story. However, Clark managed to ensure the story went public anyway, and with the help of Batman fought a battlesuit-clad Lex in the streets of Metropolis. The events of this arc led to Lex's impeachment and removal from the White House.
It also dealt with many tribulations of ownership, and passes through the hands of Franklin Stern, Perry White, Lex Luthor (as in Season Seven of Smallville), and in current comic continuity to Bruce Wayne who is the owner of the Daily Planet.
In the New 52, Daily Planet has being bought by Morgan Edge and merged with the Galaxy Broadcasting System. It is revealed that Clark Kent begins his journalism career in Metropolis roughly six years before Galaxy Broadcasting merges with the Daily Planet. Along with being a writer for The Daily Star, partly because editor George Taylor was a friend of his adopted parents, Clark is an active blogger who speaks against political corruption and reports on the troubles of every day citizens who are not often the focus of news media. While working at the Star, Clark meets Planet photographer Jimmy Olsen and the two become friends despite working at rival publications. Clark is also a great fan of Lois Lane's work at the Daily Planet, eventually meeting her through Jimmy. Months after Superman makes his public debut, Clark leaves The Daily Star on good terms and accepts a position at The Daily Planet.
After the merger with Galaxy Broadcasting, Lois was promoted to run the TV division, with Clark acting as an on-the-scene reporter for the TV division. Clark is later assigned the "Superman beat." But after rising tension between himself and Lois, as well as with Galaxy Broadcasting head Morgan Edge, Clark concludes that the Daily Planet is now more concerned with ratings and internet page views than actual journalism. He quits and goes off to begin an independent, internet news site with fellow journalist Cat Grant. Though Lois and Jimmy consider this to be a bad and risky decision, they continue to act as Clark's friends and confidants, offering aid when they can.
Since then, Perry White has asked Clark to return back to the Daily Planet but Clark hasn't accepted his offer yet.
Currently, besides Kent and Grant, who have their own blog and do not work at the Planet anymore, the rest of the staff from the Pre-Flashpoint timeline including White, Lane, Olsen, Lombard and Troupe all still work there. Moreover a new addition to the staff is Jackee Winters, a political correspondent.
Other Versions of Daily Planet[]
Quotes[]
- Lex: You're no longer writing my exposé.
- Lois: Nuh-uh. You'll have to take that up with my boss.
- Lex: I am your boss. Merry Christmas, Lois. I just bought the Daily Planet.
Notes[]
Daily Planet's computers' wallpaper
Daily Planet keychain
- There is no "The" in "Daily Planet". In the newspaper itself, proper usage is either the Daily Planet or the Planet, but never The Daily Planet or The Planet.[51] The logo above the front door says "Daily Planet". Despite this, the globe at the top of the building clearly says "The Daily Planet" [52] and the closed captions for episodes show THE DAILY PLANET or THE PLANET italicized all together.[53]
- Seven members of the staff have been killed while employed by the Daily Planet.
- The Marine Building in Vancouver stands in as the Daily Planet building in Smallville. It has 22 floors and at 97.8m, was the tallest skyscraper in the city until 1939.[54]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ In Season 7's Kara, Grant Gabriel tells Lois that, "This is the Daily Planet, read in virtually ever country across the globe. We have no rival."
- ↑ Pauline was Editor-in-Chief during Thirst, when Chloe applied to work at the Planet by writing a story about a sorority of vampires.
- ↑ "Straight from the Source" is painted on the side of Daily Planet trucks in Nicodemus.
- ↑ Gemini
- ↑ Gemini
- ↑ Hero
- ↑ Descent
- ↑ Guardian
- ↑ Chloe states this as she is preparing to interview for one of the positions in Crush.
- ↑ The Daily Planet building's address is given as 1000 Broadway in Season 6's Noir
- ↑ Clark establishes this in Insurgence. Additionally, when Lex pushed Lionel out of the window of his LuthorCorp office, Jimmy Olsen was able to take a picture from inside of the Daily Planet
- ↑ In Arctic, Jimmy Olsen meets Lois Lane at the Club and remarks that it is across the street from the Daily Planet
- ↑ As seen in Thirst, Odyssey, and Homecoming.
- ↑ Kara
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Booster
- ↑ Odyssey
- ↑ Smallville: Continuity Issue 4
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Salvation
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Finale, Part 2
- ↑ Perry
- ↑ Valkyrie
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Charade
- ↑ Smallville: Alien
- ↑ Shield
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Persuasion
- ↑ Hex
- ↑ Detective
- ↑ Smallville: Chaos
- ↑ Cure
- ↑ Bride
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Conspiracy
- ↑ Beacon
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Thirst
- ↑ Persona
- ↑ Heat
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Delete
- ↑ Exposed
- ↑ Descent
- ↑ Vengeance
- ↑ Siren
- ↑ Prophecy
- ↑ Metallo
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 What I Did On My Summer Vacation
- ↑ Plastique
- ↑ Hydro
- ↑ Infamous
- ↑ Noir
- ↑ Identity
- ↑ Turbulence
- ↑ Doomsday (episode)
- ↑ In the Season One Pilot, the Daily Planet frontpage article about "QUEEN INDUSTRIES CEO MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD" is shown under a Daily Planet logo without the article "The". [1] In Season Eight's Identity, Jimmy Olsen's article about the Good Samaritan who is "Faster than a Speeding Bullet" is shown under the Daily Planet logo on the newspaper's frontpage, without the article "The" in front of it.
- ↑ This can be clearly seen in Instinct.
- ↑ This can be seen in many episodes, including Season Eight's Identity
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Building
External links[]
- Daily Planet on Wikipedia
- Daily Planet on DC Database
- Daily Planet on Wikia DC Animated Universe
- Daily Planet on Young Justice Wikia
- Daily Planet on Superman Wikia
- Daily Planet on Super Friends Wikia
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