The Asheville Daily Planet is a bi-weekly alternative newspaper serving Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. The newspaper was named after the fictional Daily Planet newspaper in the Superman universe.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."
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.Planet to continue as monthly paper
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External links Asheville Daily Planet website.