Who said consumer’s interest in celebrity gossip is waning?

That’s what the buzz was yesterday with the closing of PageSix.com, but the AP is looking the celebrity world a bit differently.

Nikke Finke uncovered an internal memo and states that the AP is ”beefing up its already huge entertainment coverage by hiring an additional 21 new employees in 2008 spread across Los Angeles, New York and London.”  Click here and you’ll see the memo!