When Ben Widdicombe sprung his departure from the New York Daily News on his bosses last month (well, he did quietly give two weeks notice), the paper found itself with quite the dilemma: Without Widdicombe's Gatecrasher, it had a single daily gossip column, Rush & Molloy. Indeed, former junior gossip Jo Piazza began penning the weekend-only Full Disclosure, but we hear the News still wants more gossip-centric fare.

So when Krissy Mac, who'd been penning a column about celebrity tabloids for the past two years, announced her exit, there was a rush to fill the void.

Enter Patrick Huguenin, the former R&M stringer. He'll be taking over the Friday space, beginning tomorrow. Huguenin's sheet will be called "Newsstand Junkie," and, if he can get his copy through editors without too many changes, it might just read like the witty fella he is.