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Yes, we too bowed down our heads after Daily Candy announced it was permanently shuttering everywhere, including Miami, this Friday. Then, we proceeded to search for the reason as to why this site, which brought so many great city finds to over 6 million readers, had to say goodbye. Racked National brought in Pavia Rosati, DailyCandy's first hired editor, give us a little insight, and she explains, "If you're a company like Comcast, and you're talking about billion-dollar mergers with NBC and Universal, DailyCandy is nothing more than a rounding error." Click through for the full interview. [Racked National]