Asheville Daily Planet
 The June 3, 2019 front page of the Asheville Daily Planet | |
| Type | Monthly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Star Fleet Communications, Inc. |
| Founder(s) | John North |
| Publisher | John North |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Asheville, North Carolina |
| Website | http://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/ |
The Asheville Daily Planet is an Asheville-based monthly alternative newspaper serving Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. The newspaper was named after the fictional Daily Planet newspaper in the Superman universe.[1]
In spite of its name, it has never been a daily newspaper. On December 1, 2004, it began publishing as a weekly newspaper. Due to economic conditions, it began publishing monthly in July 2008.[2]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ In an article in the Mountain Xpress, John North, publisher of the Asheville Daily Planet, is quoted as saying that it would be "kind of a smashing name, because everybody reads Superman comics."
- ^ Planet to continue as monthly paper