· Lloyd Grove — who easily made it into the top 20 on NY Press's Most Loathed New Yorkers list this week — won't discuss the circulating rumors that he's been left by long-time lover Amy Holmes. (Holmes, incidentally, should not be confused with A.M. "Amy" Homes, the author and alleged woman-lover.) We hear that Lloyd's being left by his assistant in gossip, too, one Elisa Lipsky-Karasz. [Richard Leiby]
· Two more Omnimedia staffers abandon Martha for less troubled publications. [Keith Kelly]
· Editor-in-chief Joe Dolce explains the ethos of the Star: "If we were a tabloid, we would have just done, 'Look at how fat Kirstie Alley is,'" Dolce said. "Instead, we found friends trying to help her, we talked about this is what led to her problem, this is how she s trying to solve it. We added a level of depth. We could have just said, She s a fat pig.'" Keep telling yourself that, Joe. [AP]