Information about Daily Bugle

The Daily Bugle is a fictional New York City newspaper that is a regular fixture in the Marvel Universe, most prominently in Spider-Man and its derivative media. The company first appeared in Fantastic Four vol. 1 #2.

History

The Daily Bugle was founded in 1897 and has been published daily ever since. The Daily Bugle is printed in tabloid format like its rival The Daily Globe. The publisher of the Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson, began his journalistic career as a reporter for the Bugle while still in high school. Jameson purchased the then-floundering Bugle with inheritance funds, from his recently deceased father-in-law and turned the paper into a popular success. Other magazines published from time-to-time include the revived Now Magazine and the now-defunct Woman Magazine.

J. Jonah Jameson, Inc. purchased the Goodman Building on 39th Street and Second Avenue in 1968 and moved its entire editorial and publishing facilities there. Now called the Daily Bugle Building, the office complex is forty-six stories tall, and is capped by the Daily Bugle logo in 30-foot letters on the roof. There are loading docks in the rear of the building, reached by a back alley. Three floors are devoted to the editorial office of the Bugle and two sub-basement levels to the printing presses, while the rest of the floors are rented.

(However, a panel in issue 105 of The Amazing Spider-Man showed the Bugle building located near a street sign at the corner of Madison Avenue and a street in the East Fifties (the second digit was not shown). This suggests that the building may have been relocated at some point.)

The newspaper is noted for its anti-superhero slant, especially concerning Spider-Man, whom the paper constantly smears as a part of its editorial policy. However, the Editor-in-Chief, "Robbie" Robertson, the only subordinate to Jameson who is not intimidated by him, has worked to moderate it.

Due to declining circulation, Jameson has conceded to Robertson's objections and has created a special feature section of the paper called The Pulse which focuses on superheroes. In addition, the paper also intermittently ran a glossy magazine called Now Magazine.

Recently in the pages of the New Avengers, the team decided to strike a deal with Jameson regarding exclusive content in exchange for removing the strong Anti-Spider-Man vibe from the newspaper, to which Jameson agreed. Merely one day later, Jameson had already gone back on his word with Iron Man, using the headline "a wanted murderer (Wolverine), an alleged ex-member of a terrorist organization (Spider-Woman) and a convicted heroin-dealer (Luke Cage) are just some of the new recruits set to bury the once good name of the Avengers", although he didn't insult Spider-Man. This caused Jessica Jones to sell the first pictures of her newborn baby to one of the Bugle's competitors instead.

In the first issue of Runaways Vol. 2, Victor Mancha states in an exchange about Spider-Man that "The only people who think he's a criminal are Fox News and the Daily Bugle. And the Bugle is, like, the least respected newspaper in New York City." The paper's major named competition is The Daily Globe, which implicitly takes a more balanced look at the superhero. For instance, after Peter Parker revealed he is Spider-Man and the Bugle planned to sue him for fraud, the paper itself was put on the defensive with front page accusations from The Globe (with information secretly supplied by Bugle reporter Betty Brant) of libeling the superhero.

The adventures of the staff of the newspaper beyond Peter Parker have been depicted in two series, Daily Bugle and The Pulse.

Fictional staff members

Character	Job Title	Employed/Seen working in	Notes
Current Staff Members
J. Jonah Jameson	Publisher	Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #1 (1963)
Joseph "Robbie" Robertson	Editor-in-Chief	Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #51 (1967)
Colm Glover	Reporter	Marvel Visions #34	Named but yet to be seen
Abner Abernathy		Marvel Team-Up vol. 1 #115
Tom Amos	Reporter	Marvel Visions #21	Named but yet to be seen
Ron Barney	Reporter	Marvel Visions #14	Named but yet to be seen.
Mr. Benerstein
Mike Berino	Reporter	Marvel Visions #14	Never seen, only named.
Miriam Birchwood	Gossip Columnist	Marvel: Heroes and Legends 1996	Attended Reed and Sue Richards' wedding.
Phil Bostwich	Reporter	'Marvel Visions'' #29	Never seen, only named.
Betty Brant	Reporter (current) Secretary (formerly)	Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #4 (1963)
Kenny Brown		Annex #1
Isabel "Izzy" Bunsen	Science Editor	Spectacular Spider-Man volume 2 #124
Meredith Campbell	Intern	Green Goblin #7
Carl		Spider-Man #13
Cole Cooper	Photographer	Web of Spider-Man #113
Katherine Cushing	City Editor	Web of Spider-Man #5
Vickie Danner	Washington DC liaison	Spider-Man: Arachnis Project #3
Dickinson	Reporter	Deadline #1
Anthea Dupres	Reporter	Clan Destine #7
Ken Ellis	Reporter	Web of Spider-Man #118	Dubbed the Scarlet Spider... the Scarlet Spider.
Christine Everhart
Mark Ewing	Reporter	Conspiracy #1	Investigated the alleged conspiracy involving the group Control
Tony Falcone	Copy Writer
Katherine Kat Farrell	Reporter	Deadline #1
Tim Gluohy	Reporter	Marvel Visions #15	Named but yet to be seen.
Melvin Gooner	Reporter	Spider-Man #8
Glory Grant	Administrative Assistant	Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #2
Jeffrey Haight	Photographer	Dr. Octopus: Negative Exposure #1	former boyfriend of Anna Kefkin, made alliance with Dr. Octopus in desperate effort to gain a front page photograph
Matt Hicksville	Reporter	Marvel Visions #21	Named but yet to be seen
Hoffman		Spider-Man (2002 film)
Matt Idelson	Reporter	Marvel Visions #8	Named but yet to be seen
Jill		Tangled Web of Spider-Man #11
Miss Kay		Tangled Web of Spider-Man #11
Kim		Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #349
Simon LaGrange		Daredevil vol. 1 #242
Lessman	Reporter	Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #187
Maggie Lorca	Reporter	Spider-Man #29
Judy Lumley	Fashion Editor	Peter Parker: Spider-Man #3
Ann Macintosh	Columnist	Amazing Spider-Man Annual #18
Marge		Spider-Man Unlimited #13
Joy Mercado	Reporter	Moon Knight vol. 1 #33 (September 1983)	A tough, intelligent, sassy investigative reporter, a friend of Peter Parker who may suspect he is really Spider-Man.
Jan Parsec	Reporter	Marvel Visions #25	Named but yet to be seen
Victor Paunchilito	Writer	Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #223
Victor Pei	Assistant Photography Editor	Spider-Man #3
Bill Price	Reporter	Civil War Frontline # 8
Tony Reeves	Photographer	Spider-Man Unlimited #6
Rossi		Web of Spider-Man #40
Arnold Sibert	Entertainment Editor/Movie Critic	Spider-Man: Gathering of the Sinister Six	became involved in opposing a plot of Mysterio
Joe Sidesaddle	Reporter	Marvel Visions #27	Named but yet to be seen
Smitty
Charles Snow	Reporter	Marvel Team-Up Volume 1 #79
Bill Tatters	Reporter	Marvel Vision #23	Named but yet to be seen
Wendy Thorton	Sports columnist	Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 #252
Maury Toeitch	Reporter	Marvel Visions #26	Named but yet to be seen
Mr. Toomey		Tangled Web of Spider-Man #11
Dilbert Trilby	Obituary writer	Spider-Man Unlimited#3
Lynn Walsh	Intern	Green Goblin #1
Spence Williams	Intern	Tangled Web of Spider-Man #11
Angela Yin	Photographer	Spectacular Spider-Man volume 2 #215	Sister of the criminal Dragonfly (IV)
Former Staff Members
Nick Bandouveris	Reporter	Uncanny X-Men #339	Killed by Bastion in Uncanny X-Men #339; his murder is the reason JJJ didn't take the Xavier Files from Bastion
Lance Bannon	Photographer	Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 #208	Currently deceased, killed by F.A.C.A.D.E. in Web of Spider-Man #114
Mrs. Brant	Jameson's Former Secretary	Untold Tales of Spider-Man #12	Betty's mother; put into coma prior to Amazing Spider-Man #1
Eddie Brock	Photographer	Spider-Man 3 (2007 film)	Fired by Jameson for selling a fake photo of Spider-Man to the Bugle
Jacob Conover	Reporter	Daredevil vol. 1 #131	In jail after being revealed to be the criminal Rose
Ethan Edwards	Reporter	Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13
Thomas Fireheart	Owner
Frederick Foswell	Reporter	Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #10 (1964)	Got fired from the Bugle then rehired again in Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #23 (1965); died in Amazing Spider-Man #52
Cliff Garner	Reporter	Invaders vol. 1 #3 Conspiracy #1 (named)	formerly of the Air Force, investigated the possible conspiracy of Control, slain by co-conspiracy theorist General Edward Harrison in Conspiracy #2
William Walter Goldman	Owner Publisher	Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #331
Goodman	Publisher	Marvels #1	Publisher in the 1940s, name is probably a reference to Martin Goodman, first publisher of Marvel Comics.
Amber Grant	freelance photographer	Omega the Unknown #5	made Peter Parker envious of her ability to tell off Jameson and still sell to him; current status unknown
Old Man Jameson	Editor Reporter	Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #110 (May, 1973)	Presumed to be JJJ's father, David Jameson.
Jessica Jones	Superhero correspondent and consultant	The Pulse #1 (April 2004)	Resigned after Jameson trashed then-boyfriend, Luke Cage in an article about the New Avengers
Nick Katzenberg	Reporter	Web of Spider-Man #50	Currently deceased, died of lung cancer in Amazing Spider-Man #385
Terri Kidder	Reporter	The Pulse #2	Currently deceased, killed by the Green Goblin in The Pulse #2
Ned Leeds	Reporter	Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #25 (1964)	Currently deceased, killed by the Foreigner's men in Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1
Irene Merryweather	Reporter	Cable #62 (freelance) Soldier X #1 (salaried)	Fired after Cable & Deadpool #6
Mystique	Reporter	X-Factor vol. 1	Seen working as a Daily Bugle reporter in X-Factor
Norman Osborn	Owner	Bought Daily Bugle in Spectacular Spider-Man #250	Lost control of Bugle following Peter Parker: Spider-Man #98
Peter Parker	Photographer, usually freelance		Fired by Jameson after publicly admitting to being Spider-Man.
Jess Patton		Tangled Web of Spider-Man #1	Killed and body taken by the Thousand
Pinckney	Los Angeles Correspondent	The Sensational She-Hulk #10	status unknown, was elderly when depicted.
Chuck Self	Reporter	Punisher #15	Handcuffed himself to the Punisher to get a story; died from falling into a woodchipper in Punisher #15
Phil Sheldon	Photographer	Marvels #1	Retired in Marvels #4
Ben Urich	Reporter	Daredevil vol. 1 #158 (1978)	Resigns in #10
Phil Urich	Intern	Green Goblin #1	Currently working with The Loners
Swanson	Reporter	Deadline #1	Fired
William "Billy" Walters	Photographer	Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 1 #235	Left Bugle in Sensational Spider-Man #31 to care for his aging mother.

Limited series

Alternate versions

1602

In the Marvel 1602 setting, Jameson is publisher of the first "news-sheet" in the New World; the Daily Trumpet.

Amalgam Comics

In the Amalgam Comics universe, the Daily Bugle is a sleazy tabloid, and JJ Jameson tries getting photos which depict Spider-Boy as being romantically linked to female heroes, like Insect Queen, as well as other sensationalist stories. Pete Ross (Spider-Boy) works there as a photographer. Other staff members include Tana Moon and Jack Ryder. There is also a Gotham Bugle, run by J. Jonah White, which employs red-headed, chain-smoking Jimmy Urich.

House Of M

In this alternate reality, the Daily Bugle exists mostly as a propaganda machine for the ruling mutant hierarchy. Stories can be and are repressed if they aren't favorable enough to mutants.

Others

Coincidentally, the Daily Bugle was also the newspaper where Micky Moran, alter-ego of Marvelman, worked as a copyboy in the original 1950s issues (also featuring as a publication that gave Moran freelance work in Alan Moore's 1980s revival).

The Daily Bugle also appears in The Basil Brish show on British television, most probably as a reference to Spider-Man.

Ultimate Marvel

In the Ultimate Marvel universe, the Bugle is much the same as in the 616 version. The main difference is that Peter Parker is not employed as a photographer, but works on the newspaper's website after Jameson sees him assist with a problem. The newspaper plays less of a role in Ultimate Spider-Man than it did in the comics portraying the equivalent period of the 616 Spider-Man's career.

Other media

Since 2006, Marvel has published a monthly Daily Bugle newspaper reporting on the company's publications and their authors. The newspaper format first appeared, reporting on event storylines as if it was the Daily Bugle within Marvel's comics continuities, to promote Marvel's crossover events Civil War and House of M; this function was restored for the 2007 death of Captain America.

Film

• The Bugle is seen in most media adaptations of Spider-Man, the most prominent appearance being in the 2002 Spider-Man film and its sequels. In the movies, the Bugle is housed in the Flatiron Building (as it does in the Marvels miniseries by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross). One Bugle employee who appears exclusively in the films is Hoffman, who serves as comic relief and is frequently harassed by Jameson. Hoffman is played by Ted Raimi, who is the brother of Sam Raimi, the director of the Spider-Man film series. In Spider-Man 3, Eddie Brock (played by Topher Grace) is a photographer employed by the Bugle. In the comics, Eddie worked for the rival Daily Globe.
• In Frank Darabont's Academy Award nominated film, The Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufresne, played by Tim Robbins sends a package to "the Portland Daily Bugle" containing the information about the Shawshank warden's illegal money laundering operations.
• Reporter Christine Everhart will appear in the Iron Man film, most likely representing the Daily Bugle.

Television

• In the Spider-Man 3 special episode, X-Play parodied the paper in a skit called "The X-Play Bugle" with Adam Sessler as the chief editor.

Video games

• In the arcade and console-imported game Marvel Super Heroes the Bugle is Spider-Man's stage. The fighting takes place on a platform that is first going vertical and then across the Daily Bugle.
• In the multi-platform video game Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects the Daily Bugle is a recurring battleground throughout the story mode and available in the versus mode. Here the rooftop is surrounded by three destructible walls, and covered with explosive barrels, air conditioners, pipes, and poles for use in battle. Even the trademark letters that form "Daily Bugle" are available for throwing at enemies once damaged.
• In the Ghost Rider video game released in 2007, The Daily Bugle appears in the challenge mode of the game. It even has big spider webs in the corners, which is an obvious reference to Spider-Man.
• The Daily Bugle is featured in many of the Spider-Man games.

External links

• Visit the Daily Bugle on the Marvel Universe Character Bio Wiki