Heidi MacDonald (born November 15) is a writer and editor in the field of

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s based in

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. She runs the comics industry news blog '' The Beat''.

Career

MacDonald is a former editor for

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and ''

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'', and also edited the

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'' The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning'' from

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that is a prequel to the

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. She created her long-running blog ''The Beat: The News Blog of Comics Culture'' (also known as ''Comics Beat'') at

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in June 2004, before moving it to ''

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'' in 2006, and to an independent site in 2010. In 2016, she announced she was moving ''The Beat'' to the webcomics site Hiveworks. She wrote, "The era of the 'bedroom blogger' is long gone, replaced by corporate entities trying to outdo each other with clickbait headlines and subsisting on popup ads that get more bewildering every day." MacDonald also was an editor and writer at ''Publishers Weekly''. In January 2016, MacDonald announced she was laid off from her position at ''Publishers Weekly'', although she would continue to write for the magazine on a freelance basis.'' In 2017, comics publisher

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acquired ''The Beat''. In January 2020, it was announced that after Lion Forge was acquired by

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, the company cut ties with MacDonald. In a press release, MacDonald indicated she would continue the blog independently.

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