As Jossip has previously reported (and eventually wondered "why has this not happened yet?") Lloyd Grove is leaving the pages of the Daily News. Whether he is to be replaced by Ben Widdicombe's Gatecrasher has yet to be reported by the New York Times … buy maybe in a few more weeks.

Because nothing is official until it's in the Times, Grove's departure does create plenty of buzz, but certainly nothing anyone is surprised to hear. After three years and six weeks as the News' awkward gossip monger, Grove is throwing in the towel, along with the conversations with his many imprisoned friends. And he even has some random, sketchy, plans for the future.

“The end of my gossip column in The Daily News is not the end of my presence in New York,” he said. “I have discovered in the last few weeks, oddly enough, that I am still employable. I will be doing something that is multimedia, with components of Internet and television and print media.”

Oooh, now what could that be? Sounds very futuristic and media-centric. We bet he's setting up his own blog/vlog/newsletter out of his basement. Just kidding! We have no idea what job Grove managed to snag, but, hell, good for him. And we should probably extend our congratulations to Widdicombe, too.

Lowdown: A Farewell to Gossip [New York Times]