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Up until the launch, Target’s marketing campaign for the Missoni line was a hugely successful example of how to build a relationship between a discount retailer and high-end design, according to Danica Lo, national editor for Racked.com. “Obviously, they did an amazing job,” Lo said.

Racked National’s Danica Lo helps the Boston Globe make sense of the BP oil spill of fashion.

We’ve been remiss in pointing out that the New York Daily News had some nice things to say about Racked NY editor Izzy Grinspan [sic] in their roundup of The top 20 people cutting a bold figure in New York fashion earlier this month:

1. IZZY GRINSPAN

NEW YORK EDITOR, RACKED.COM
Forget “WWD” - the hottest fashion news source is this blog. Editor Grinspan has a snarkless enthusiasm for fashion and her buoyant approach is refreshing. New stores, insider secrets and, most crucially, a rundown of the best sample sales - they’re all here.

2. MARC JACOBS
DESIGNER, MARC JACOBS& LOUIS VUITTON

…

PS. Marc - keep at it, almost there.

NYT's Gadgetwise tabs Eater among "the bigger and better players in the restaurant search world"

Eater SF takes "Best Food Blog" from SF Weekly

Mules, Slides, frenemies, and Racked National editor Danica Lo in the New York Times Magazine.

Eater’s Southern Swing Lights up Internet

Recent Eater launches in Atlanta, Dallas and Houston attracted a flurry of press interest from across the country. Click through for coverage from The Dallas Observer, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Dallas News, Houston Press, Creative Loafing, Pegasus News, D Magazine, New York Observer, Food Republic and The Huffington Post.

Not all celebrities care about hiding their real estate adventures. Courtney Love was so consumed with finding the perfect downtown town house that she corresponded with the editors at Curbed NY, which was already chronicling her every move. After losing out on Milla Jovovich’s Greenwich Avenue town house, she checked out three other town houses suggested by Curbed, tweeting dozens of messages. Her search went on for months, but she ended up renting a place on West 10th Street for $28,000 a month, the Web site reported.

Curbed NY, not afraid to be servicey, in the New York Times.

To become a savvier renter, and to avoid deals that are too good to be true, it’s essential to get a good handle on the city’s real estate picture. The standard-bearer is Curbed NY, which mixes commentary about properties on the market with news and gossip. It is an excellent place to get a feel for the rough-and-tumble of real estate as well as to learn about new developments or conversions of older buildings.

The site’s founder, Lockhart Steele, moved to New York in 1996 after graduating from Brown University. To find his first apartment, he like everyone else searched through printed listing guides and newspaper classifieds, a process that he said now seems “outlandish and bizarre.”

Curbed Network founder Lockhart Steele on apartment hunting in the New York Times.

Eater National’s Ron Swanson Turkey Burger, as presented to Jimmy Fallon, by the guy who plays Ron Swanson. The bone is a great source of fiber.

Eater Austin editor Paula Forbes interviewed by Austin’s Tribeza Magazine.

"Neighborhood names and the coining thereof is a quintessentially New York activity that should be encouraged, not discouraged,” Mr. Steele said. “Telling people not to is like telling New Yorkers they can’t have hot dogs in the street."

Lockhart Steele weighs in on the contentious debate over neighborhood neologisms in the New York Times.

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