Editing Daily Planet (section)

===Post-Crisis===
In the post-Crisis comics' canon, years before Clark or Lois began working for the paper, [[Lex Luthor]] owned the ''Daily Planet.'' When Luthor, deciding to sell the paper, began taking bids for the ''Planet'', Perry White convinced an international conglomerate, TransNational Enterprises, to buy the paper. They agreed to this venture with only one stipulation: that Perry White would become editor-in-chief. White had served as the ''Planet'' editor-in-chief ever since, barring the few times he was absent. During those times people such as Sam Foswell and Clark Kent have looked after the paper. [[Franklin Stern]], an old friend of White's, became the ''Daily Planet'''s publisher.

[[File:Daily Planet Action Comics 1014.png|thumb|upright|The Daily Planet building in ''Action Comics'' #1014 (October 2019). Art by Szymon Kudranski.]]
The ''Planet'' saw its share of rough times during White's tenure. For example, it had many violent worker [[strike action|strikes]]. The building itself, along with most of the city, was destroyed during the "Fall of Metropolis" storyline; it is only much later that it was restored by the efforts of various superheroes. The ''Planet'' building sustained heavy damages after the villain [[Doomsday (comics)|Doomsday]]'s rampage. Later, Franklin Stern decided to put the paper up for sale. [[Lex Luthor]], disliking the heavy criticism of himself and his company that the ''Planet'' became noted for, purchased the ''Daily Planet'' and subsequently closed the paper down. Luthor fired every employee of the newspaper except for four people: Simone D'Neige, Dirk Armstrong, [[Jimmy Olsen]], and [[Lois Lane]]. As a final insult, Luthor saw to it that the ''Planet'' globe was unceremoniously dumped in the Metropolis [[landfill]]. In the ''Planet'''s place emerged "LexCom," a news-oriented [[Internet]] website that primarily catered to Luthor's views of "quality journalism."

After Lois Lane made a deal with Luthor where, in exchange for him returning the ''Planet'' to Perry, she would kill one story of his choosing with no questions asked, Luthor sold the ''Daily Planet'' to Perry White for the token sum of one dollar. The paper was quickly reinstated, rehiring all of its old staff. Sometime later, ownership of the ''Planet'' fell into the hands of [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]], where it has remained ever since. In the ''[[Batman: Hush]]'' storyline, it is named a [[subsidiary]] of [[Wayne Enterprises#Wayne Entertainment|Wayne Entertainment]].

During the "Y2K" storyline (involving the city of Metropolis being infused with futuristic technology thanks to a descendant of the villain [[Brainiac (character)|Brainiac]]), the ''Daily Planet'' building was "upgraded" along with the rest of Metropolis, and a holographic globe replaced the physical one. Eventually due to temporal instabilities caused by the B13 Virus, Metropolis and the Daily Planet building, globe and all, were restored to their former states.

In the current comics and media spinoffs, the ''Daily Planet'' is presented as a thoroughly modern news operation, including operating an Internet website much like most large newspapers. The ''Planet'''s reporters also have access to the best modern equipment to aid their work, though Perry White has often been shown as still favoring his manual [[typewriter]]. In 2008, it was said that Clark (at least in this era/continuity) uses a typewriter at his desk due to his powers causing minor interference in regular desktop computers.<ref>''[[Action Comics]]'' Annual #11 (2008)</ref>

During this era, the ''Planet''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s major competitors in Metropolis include the [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] newspaper the ''Daily Star'', WGBS-TV (which also employed [[Jimmy Olsen]] and [[Cat Grant]] for a time), and [[Lex Luthor]]'s various media operations. A contemporary publication is ''Newstime'' Magazine, where Clark Kent worked as the editor for a time. The publisher of ''Newstime'' is Colin Thornton, who is secretly the demon [[Blaze and Satanus|Satanus]], an enemy of Superman's.