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Daily Planet fictional newspaper

In the Superman comics, television series and movies, the Daily Planet is a fictional newspaper of Metropolis that employs Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen. Its chief editor is Perry White . In current comic book continuity its owner is Bruce Wayne who is really Batman.

When Superman first appeared, its hero, Clark Kent, worked for the Daily Star newspaper under editor George Taylor, the newspaper being named by Superman co-creator Joe Shuster after the Evening Star newspaper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which had been the newspaper which Joe's parents received and for which Shuster had worked as a newsboy. It is still published as the Toronto Star. When the newspaper Superman comic strip appeared, the fictional newspaper's name was permanently changed to the Daily Planet to avoid a name conflict with real newspapers which had Star in their name.

External link

  • "Superman at the Star" (An interview with Superman co-creator Joe Shuster from the Toronto Star, April 26, 1992, about Shuster's memories of Toronto and the Evening Star newspaper.)

Daily Planet property trust

Daily Planet is a property trust which briefly made headlines on its initial public offering in 2003. Because the property owned is used as a brothel in Melbourne, Australia, the listing of shares of stock on the Australian Stock Exchange caused consternation and titillation, and publicity for the company. Chief Executive Andrew Harris noted that shareholders are "not actually investing in a bordello... it's a bricks and mortar investment in the Daily Planet building."

Daily Planet television series

Daily Planet is also the name of a Canadian television series. A daily newsmagazine devoted to news and issues in science, it is the first program of its type in the world. It airs on Discovery Channel Canada and CTV. It is hosted by Jay Ingram and Natasha Stillwell.


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