Just wanted to get back to this for a moment. The bolded part especially but the entire sense of the post too.
This has been the problem, I think. Yes, the Planet has "been changing with the times" for the last decade and a half. I remember back in 2000 when that started becoming a thing. But the problem is, it never really happened. The Planet, its staff, nothing *really* ever changed. Sure, the Planet supposedly had an online news site and real-time coverage and all the bells and whistles you expect from a modern day news group....but in the comics themselves? Everyone is still standing around the same watercooler, having the same discussions, doing things the same way. Lois still talks about "front page" material and Perry still yells at Jimmy about his photos and.....none of it feels like its happening now; its all just throwbacks to the pre-digital age.
Just as Clark's blogging job has not been explored properly and all the subplots with Morgan Edge havent been touched upon, all these claims of a modern Planet have never actually amounted to anything either.
It'd be easy to bring the Planet around, all you'd have to do is introduce a subplot where Clark eventually proves Edge is corrupt, and Galaxy Media falls apart. Perry buys out the Planet name with money borrowed from Lex, keeps as much of the staff as he can (and those let go might be upset about that, laying groundwork for future stories) and you're good to go.