And so ends a dynasty: John Honderich, and his trademark bow-tie, won’t be seen around the offices of the Toronto Star for much longer. The paper’s publisher is leaving his post “with regret” due to a “corporate desire for change.”

Combined, he and his father ran the Star for more than fifty years; but with John out, that paper may now be in play.

Potential suitors: Onex and CanWest.

Webgraphics points out a clever tweak on CSS pop-ups: CSS tooltips. (Incidentally, my first serious experiences with CSS positioning, in 1997, was through building similar tooltips with dHTML — this all-CSS version is much simpler.)

Another newspaper, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, has divided its online day into three four parts, and to deliver news to unique audiences. Read my more complete take on dayparting.