Courtesy of our sister blog FishbowlLA comes word that Us Weekly's Ken Baker (pictured with family), editorial director of Usmagazine.com, is leaving. According to an email obtained by FBLA that he sent to friends and colleagues, the magazine asked him to move to New York, but he declined. He's been with the celebrity mag for eight years.

Janice Min was unavailable for comment as of 12:30 p.m. Monday, but Us Weekly's PR rep Mark Neschis told FBNY "with the consolidation of the US online operation to New York, we agreed to mutually part ways." Zzzzzzzzzzzzz...