Gossip/News Shakeups at New York Daily News, TMZ

Tipsters report: the NY Daily News gossip' team's down one, as Laura Schreffler's out. Is the NYDN gossip desk growing rust? We know one person who turned the gig down. Update: Ben Widdicombe's on the move: TMZ!
Gossip Hacks 2: The Resurrection
The temporary replacement this week for recently laid-off Daily News gossip writer Sean Evans: Sarah Polonsky, who was once canned by Page Six for being a freebie-mongering "swag hag." And Jared Paul Stern is still available, hey! [CityFile]
The Daily News Plugs a Hole
The New York Daily News dismissed gossip writer Sean Evans last Friday. The paper has yet to name a replacement to head up the Gatecrasher column with Laura Schreffler, and from the looks of things, the recruitment process isn't going very smoothly. Filling in for the week is "swag hag" Sarah Polonsky, the former …
Gossip Shakeup at the Daily News
New York Daily News gossip writer Sean Evans—one half of the paper's Gatecrasher column—has been let go, we confirmed this afternoon.
Ben Widdicombe Out at Star? (Yes)
Ben Widdicombe wrote his last Gatecrasher column for the Daily News last April. Three months later, he replaced Julia Allison as Star's gossip maven. Is he already leaving? [UPDATED BELOW: Yes.]
Daily News Gossip Shakeup: Jo Piazza Out, Gatecrasher Returns
The New York Daily News has trailed the Post's Page Six in the New York gossip wars for a long time. Now the paper is blowing up its gossip columns and starting over. Two major changes went down today. First, husband and wife gossip team Rush & Molloy announced this morning that they'll be moving from a daily column…
Ben Widdicombe Will Gossip No More
No, The New York Daily News' Aussie gossip maven Ben Widdicombe isn't dead. But the celebrity-party-booze beat is dead to him. After a recent vacation in his native land of 'roos and convicts, Widdicombe has decided to start enjoying life again. His farewell Gatecrasher column will run tomorrow, but he was good enough…
Which Manhattan Media Executive Will Reveal His Office Affair?
It's been a while since we've had a guessing game, because lately the only blind items gossip hen Ben Widdicombe's been offering up have been along the lines of "WHICH recently rehabbed cokehead starlet still snorts coke" and that's just boring. But today's is kind of interesting to us because we have no idea who it's…
Wedding Joy For Marc and Justin!
"Is Marc Jacobs engay-ged?" asks gossip biddy Ben Widdicombe today. What a cute way of putting it, Ben! By the way, from now on we're calling your column Gaytcrasher. Anyway, his tipster reports that former rentboy Justin Preston was spotted the other night at Barracuda, flashing a Cartier ring and telling everyone…
Blind Item Guessing Game: Deviating From The Norm
This nosy little "blind" item ran in Gatecrasher today:
