Daily Bugle (Front Line) (Earth-616)

The Daily Bugle
Name	The Daily Bugle
Aliases	formerly Front Line
Members
Leader(s)	Robbie Robertson
Current Member(s)	Sally Floyd (reporter and co-owner), Ben Urich (reporter and publisher), Betty Brant (reporter), Robbie Robertson (editor-in-chief and reporter), Melita Garner (reporter), George Hummert (reporter), Geoff Creswell (photographer), Kenny (photographer), Natalie, Randy, Roger (photographer), Jodi, Samantha Chan (photoreporter), Jennie Sheldon (photoreporter intern), Rubylyn Bato (tech reporter), Colin (science section reporter, former editor), Dubowsky (office boy), Michael (editor), Rick Jones (celebrity columnist)
Former Member(s)	Irene Merryweather, Norah Winters, Peter Parker
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Public
Allies	Will Stern, Volstagg, J. Jonah and Dr. Marla Jameson
Enemies	Norman Osborn and H.A.M.M.E.R., Todd Keller and Patriot News Network, the Daily Bugle and The DB!
Origin and Status
Origin	Founded by former Daily Bugle and Alternative journalists Ben Urich and Sally Floyd as a truly independent newspaper, Front Line was supported by a mysterious man who intended to "make waves", offering to them the Alternative’s resources. It became a haven for quitting or fired staff from the The DB! of Dexter Bennett. It was later used as a base to rebuild the Daily Bugle after the period under Dexter Bennett's reign and its first building's destruction by Electro.
Status	Active
Reality	Earth-616
Base of Operations	Daily Bugle Newsroom (which was formerly the Alternative, then Front Line Newsroom)
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Paul Jenkins, Ramon Bachs
First	Civil War: Front Line #11 (February, 2007) (as Front Line) Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #648 (November, 2010) (as the Daily Bugle)
First	Civil War: Front Line #11 (February, 2007) (as Front Line) Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #648 (November, 2010) (as the Daily Bugle)

History

Toward the end of the superhero Civil War, Sally Floyd quit the Alternative and joined with Ben Urich, who left the Daily Bugle to create a truly independent newspaper. When it almost failed, a mysterious benefactor (in fact, J. Jonah Jameson) bought out the Alternative and handed it over to Urich, who renamed it Front Line and became its editor-in-chief. Sally became its lead reporter.

Staff

Dexter Bennett bought the Daily Bugle off of Jameson while Jameson was ill. After buying the Bugle, Bennett renamed it as The DB! and transformed it into a scandal sheet. This led Peter Parker, Robbie Robertson, and many others who worked at the Daily Bugle to leave The DB! and move to Front Line, especially after the DB! Building was destroyed by Electro and Bennett did not even bother to rebuild it.

Some time after, Dr. Marla Jameson was able to buy back the Daily Bugle's shares from Bennett, and Jameson gave the money to Robertson to remake Front Line into the new Daily Bugle.

Trivia

• According to Norah Winters, although the journalists at the Daily Bugle are implored to be fair-minded and impartial, it is notably a "lefty rag" (a leftist sensationalist tabloid).

See Also

• 143 appearance(s) of Daily Bugle (Front Line) (Earth-616)
• 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Daily Bugle (Front Line) (Earth-616)
• 6 minor appearance(s) of Daily Bugle (Front Line) (Earth-616)
• 140 mention(s) of Daily Bugle (Front Line) (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Daily Bugle (Front Line) (Earth-616)
• 18 image(s) of Daily Bugle (Front Line) (Earth-616)
• 21 member(s) of Daily Bugle (Front Line) (Earth-616)