Depending on how you look at things, the exits at Star we're just hearing about – not to be confused with those other exits – could be bad news for an already-struggling tabloid, or good news for new EIC Candace Trunzo, as she aims to trim the fat and install her own regime to kick sales back up. Either way, the news still comes just after publisher AMI finally got around to reporting how bad its financial outlook is, which is certain to get in the way of the cheer we feel reporting this crap.

• New York chief David Caplan yesterday announced his exit, says an unverified source, and while he does know where he's headed, he wouldn't tell his bosses — so they asked him to leave immediately.

• Meanwhile, senior reporter Sue Rodezba told Star last week that she was taking a job at Life & Style. She, too, was asked to pack her things right away.

• And PR coordinator Nekiesha Walker – who was left to run things mostly by herself after they axed Kate Ottenberg – has tired of also being Bonnie Fuller's gopher. "Apparently so traumatized by taking on new duties as being Bonnie's personal assistant she is said to take time off to travel," says a source. "Overheard in pantry talking about realizing between publicizing that Lindsay buys a new dog to nuking Bon's coffee that life is too short." Nekiesha has put in her two weeks notice.

While it isn't in our nature to ring up Star and ask for their side of things, something tells us a phone call to, uh, Nekisha might not be the best move right now.