Daily Planet (Earth-Prime)

Daily Planet
Information
Location	Metropolis; New York
Use(s)	Newspaper publisher
Owner(s)	Morgan Edge (formerly)

"Everyone in here, we're the most dependable friends the people of Metropolis have. You remember that."

—Perry White to Clark Kent^[src]

The Daily Planet is a newspaper publisher located in Metropolis.

History

Clark gazes up at the Daily Planet building.

Since Superman emerged as a vigilante in Metropolis, the Daily Planet's popularity skyrocketed, with the superhero often being featured on their stories. Photojournalist James Olsen took the 1st photo of Superman.

Jealous of the fame of Lois Lane, fashion and gossip reporter, Cat Grant, went to Midvale to see if there was a super-powered being there; getting permission from Perry White, Cat promised to send him the story.

Lois and Superman in their first broadcast interview.

Lex Luthor had a front page article the day he was scheduled to get the Nobel Peace Prize.

Sometime prior to early 2021, Morgan Edge purchased the Daily Planet. Following the purchase, a number of employees were fired, including Clark Kent and Whit.

Instead of allowing Lois Lane to print an article about his dealings in the town of Smallville, Morgan Edge edited the piece to his liking; upon discovering the rewritten article, Lois quit the newspaper. Lois, working for the Smallville Gazette, needed to be reminded that she no longer worked for the Planet.

When Edge was exposed as the culprit for switching people's minds to Kryptonians, he was removed from office.

Known employees

Current employees

• Samuel Foswell (editor-in-chief)
• Ron Troupe (journalist)
• Lombard
• Max Mencken

Former employees

• Morgan Edge (owner)
• Perry White (editor-in-chief)
• Cat Grant (gossip columnist; left to create CatCo)
• Clark Kent (journalist; fired)
• Lois Lane (journalist; resigned)
• Janet (reporter; left to work for GBS)
• James Olsen (photojournalist; left to work for CatCo)
• Whit (fired)
• Leslie Larr

Appearances

Supergirl

Season 5 "It's a Super Life" (newspaper) "Deus Lex Machina" (newspaper) Season 6 "Prom Night!" (mentioned) "Prom Again!" (mentioned) "Welcome Back, Kara!" (mentioned) "Still I Rise" (newspaper) "Magical Thinking" (mentioned)

Superman & Lois

Season 1 "Pilot" "Heritage" "The Perks of Not Being a Wallflower" (mentioned) "Haywire" (letter) "A Brief Reminiscence In-Between Cataclysmic Events" (dream) "Through the Valley of Death" (flashbacks) "Fail Safe" (mentioned) "The Eradicator" (television) Season 2 "The Ties That Bind" (indirectly mentioned) "The Thing in the Mines" (on a screen) "The Inverse Method" (indirectly mentioned)

Comics

EARTH-PRIME

• "Flesh and Mud" (newspaper)
• "The Anniversary"
• "Father's Day" (newspaper)

Behind the scenes

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

References

Other versions of Daily Planet (Earth-Prime)
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New multiverse
Earth: Prime • Inverse World
Original multiverse
Earth: 38 • 96 • 167 • F • TUD22
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