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The ''Berkeley Daily Planet'' was a free weekly newspaper published in Berkeley, California, which continues today as an internet-based news publication. The ''Daily Planet'' is politically progressive, and offers endorsements of progressive and liberal to left leaning candidates. The ''Berkeley Daily Planet'' provides coverage of City Council meetings as well as other official city functions and commissions. The ''Planet'' distinguishes itself from other local news sources in its detailed coverage of local land use issues in the city. ==History== According to the ''San Francisco Chronicle,'' the ''Berkeley Daily Planet'' was founded April 7, 1999 by a group of journalists and Stanford MBAs with funding from outside investors; Dave Danforth came up with the name. The (Chronicle ) on April 8, 1999 reported that the new paper "quickly fell under a cloud when it was discovered that the paper's classified ads were taken from other newspapers." The ''Chronicle'' quoted attorneys as saying the practice of plagiarizing ads was questionable on copyright grounds and might constitute an unfair business practice, but no legal action was taken. In September 2000, the ''Daily Planets owners, venture capitalists doing business as Bigfoot Media, started a second free daily, the ''San Mateo Daily Journal''. On November 22, 2002, the Berkeley Daily Planet'' folded (temporarily as is turned out.) "Employees arrived at work this morning only to learn the newspaper's board of directors had decided to shutter the paper because of continuing financial losses," the (''Daily Californian'' ) wrote in its November 22, 2002 issue. The ''Daily Cal'' noted that the closing wasn't a surprise and that the ''Los Angeles Times'' reported in January 2002 that the ''Daily Planet'' hadn't made a profit since its inception in 1999. On April 1, 2003, Becky and Michael O'Malley—described by the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' as a "liberal Berkeley couple who are grandparents and longtime activists"—began publishing the ''Berkeley Daily Planet'' again, but only twice a week, Tuesday and Friday. However, they kept the word "Daily" in the paper's name. Since the O'Malleys restarted the 'Planet'' with Michael O'Malley as publisher, Becky O'Malley as executive editor and Michael Howerton as managing editor, it has won a number of awards from the California Newspaper Publishers' Association and other organizations, including first prizes for its opinion page, which publishes lengthy reader-written commentaries, and the editorial cartoons of Justin DeFreitas. On February 4, 2010 the ''Planet'' broke a story that "Clickbooks.com", their own payroll firm, had conducted fraud. The firm had under-reported employee income to the IRS, and pocketed the difference in payroll tax. In March, 2010, the ''Daily Planet'' ceased production of its print edition altogether, and since then it has been online only. Financial reasons were cited by its publishers. Almost from its inception the ''Daily Planet'' published an online version, in addition to its newsprint edition. The online archives go back to April 1, 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Berkeley Daily Planet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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