Daily Planet

The Daily Planet is a newspaper publisher located in Metropolis. It is considered to be CatCo Worldwide Media's biggest competitor.^[1]

History

Cat Grant worked at the Daily Planet as editor-in-chief Perry White's personal assistant until she had the opportunity to write a piece for the gossip column of the paper. After working as a gossip columnist for sometime, Cat quit the Daily Planet to start her media conglomerate, CatCo Worldwide Media.^[2]

Since Superman emerged as a vigilante in Metropolis, the Daily Planet's popularity skyrocketed, with the superhero being featured on the cover of 54% of their stories. Photojournalist James Olsen took the 1st photo of Superman^[1] while reporter Lois Lane was the first to interview the superhero for the Daily Planet.^[3]

After the emergence of Supergirl in National City, numerous reporters, including those from the Daily Planet, were attempting to obtain an exclusive with her.^[2] However, Cat ultimately obtained the exclusive and "scooped" the Daily Planet with the revelation that Supergirl and Superman were cousins.^[4]

Siobhan Smythe planned to sell a video of Supergirl letting an alien criminal go free to Perry, and use the story to be hired by the Daily Planet as a reporter. However, once Cat learned of her betrayal, she later convinced Perry not to hire Siobhan.^[5]

On August 2, 2018, Brooke Pohl wrote an article for the Daily Planet on James' exposure as the vigilante "Guardian". A story on Supergirl's final defeat of Reign was also published.^[6]

On August 9, 2018, Lois did a story for the Daily Planet on Supergirl protecting Earth while Superman was off-world.^[7]

In March 2019, Lex Luthor battled Supergirl on the Daily Planet's rooftop after escaping custody, causing significant damage to its globe.^[8]

In late 2019, the Daily Planet covered Kara Danvers of CatCo being awarded a Pulitzer Prize.^[9]

Known employees

Current employees

• Perry White (editor-in-chief)
• Clark Kent (reporter)
• Lois Lane (reporter)
• Brooke Pohl (reporter)^[6]

Former employees

• Cat Grant (assistant to Perry White, gossip columnist; quit)
• James Olsen (photojournalist; left to work for CatCo)

Appearances

Supergirl

The Flash

Season 5

• "Elseworlds, Part 1" (mentioned)

Comics

Adventures of Supergirl

• "Attack Edge!" (mentioned)

Gallery

Guardian's true identity and Supergirl defeating Reign.

Supergirl protecting Earth in Superman's absence.

Kara to be awarded Pulitzer Prize.

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Behind the scenes

• In the comics, the Daily Planet is the daily newspaper of Metropolis and the workplace of Superman in his civilian persona.

References