Asheville Daily Planet

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Asheville Daily Planet
TypeMonthly newspaper
Owner(s)Star Fleet Communications, Inc.
Founder(s)John North
PublisherJohn North
Founded2004
Website http://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/

The Asheville Daily Planet is a free, independent alternative newspaper published in Asheville, North Carolina. It was named after the fictional Daily Planet newspaper in the Superman universe. [1]

In spite of its name, it is not, and never has been, a daily paper. It began publishing as a weekly on December 1, 2004. Due to economic conditions, it began publishing monthly in July 2008. [2]

Footnotes

  1. 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."
  2. Planet to continue as monthly paper

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