While it's clear Lloyd Grove's "multimedia" ("with components of Internet and television and print media") aspirations weren't so much about his new job as a cry for help to Internet overlords (and, we should note, evidence of his hypocrisy), this morning the ex-Lowdown scribe surprised us with a few hundred words in the Los Angeles Times. He'll call it a career restrospective; we'll call it a saving-face self-send off. Lloyd will call us assholes; we'll call Lloyd at 3am and whisper sweet nothings.

But all those anecdoates about what it's like to write gossip at such a serious newspaper as the Washington Post – where editor Katharine Graham served as one of his best sources – were trumped by Grove's kicker:

Not buying that argument [that gossip serves a purpose]? Then how about this: It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it — maybe even at the Los Angeles Times.

It wouldn't be a Lloyd Grove send off without a not-so-subtle job pitch, now would it?

My Life as a Gossip Columnist [Lloyd Grove, LAT]

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