Amol Rajan years a news reporter, sports correspondent, columnist, comment editor, and editor of Independent Voices. He has also written a Monday column for the "London Evening Standard", restaurant criticism for "The Independent on Sunday", and has contributed to "The Salisbury Review". The latter publication, according to Rajan, "still publishes writing on politics, history and culture that is among the finest produced in English today. It is frequently offensive, and I cannot say I often agree with its editorial position, but that is all the more reason to read it." In 2013, aged 29, Rajan became the first non-white editor of a
Daily Planet (Philadelphia alternative newspaper) a repackaged part of a larger weekly with a paid circulation. The Daily Planet was an early example of the now-common business model of an advertiser-funded weekly local entertainment guide. By comparison to today's examples, however, it had substantially more political and arts feature content. As of 2012, an internet search yields little evidence of the once popular Daily Planet. Ingram, former editor of Philadelphia’s “underground” newspaper, The Drummer/The Distant Drummer/Thursday’s Drummer – makes the case that the role of 1970s alternative weeklies continues today - blogs are doing it now. Daily Planet (Philadelphia alternative newspaper) The Daily Planet was