Daily Planet
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. When Superman first appeared, its hero,
Clark Kent, worked for the
Daily Star newspaper, named by creator
Joe Shuster after his old employer, the
Toronto Star in
Toronto, Ontario. When the comic strip received international distribution, the company permanently changed the name to the Daily Planet.
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 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."
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