Editing The London Trumpet (section)

===Modern Age===
In the modern 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 has 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.

The ''Planet'' saw its share of rough times during White's tenure, including: worker strikes; the ''Daily Planet'' building being destroyed during the "Fall of Metropolis" storyline; the ''Planet'' building sustaining heavy damages after the villain [[Doomsday]]'s rampage; and possibly its darkest hour, Franklin Stern's decision 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 save for four people: [[Simone D'Neige]], [[Dirk Armstrong]] (a fictional counterpart of conservative [[radio]] commentator [[Rush Limbaugh]]), [[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]] web site that primarily catered to Luthor's views of "quality journalism."

Eventually, after Lois Lane made a deal with Luthor, Luthor sold the ''Daily Planet'' to Perry White for the minuscule sum of one [[dollar]]. The paper was quickly reinstated, rehiring all of its old staff. Some time later, ownership of the ''Planet'' fell into the hands of [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]], where it has remained ever since.

During the "Y2K" storyline (involving the city of Metropolis being infused with futuristic technology thanks to a descendant of the villain [[Brainiac (comics)|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 web site 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]]. The current owner also happens to be Bruce Wayne.

The ''Planet'''s major competitors in Metropolis include the [[tabloid]] newspaper the ''Daily Star'', WGBS-TV (which briefly employed Jimmy Olsen), and Lex Luthor's various media operations.