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Bearded magazine announces new editor

By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 15 November 2010

Bearded magazine’s Publisher Gareth Main has announced he is stepping down from the editor role on the now online-only music title to give him more time to work on a new print magazine venture and the previously reported Independent Music Podcast. The Bearded website will now be edited by Suzi Ireland, formerly the publication’s Live Editor. Elsewhere, Peter Clark becomes sole Reviews Editor (he previously shared the role) while Clementine Lloyd becomes News Editor.

Confirming the staff rejig, Main, who will continue to be Bearded’s publisher told CMU: “After nearly four years of taking Bearded from an idea on a rainy Wrexham day to a print magazine distributed all over the world, its failure to be a sustainable print publication has made it difficult for me to keep Bearded going online without wondering what might have been. Suzi has been here since day one, and really understands why I started the mag and the ethos I’ve tried to instil throughout the publication, and I’m extremely excited to see where her fresh ideas and new outlook will take Bearded and the coverage of independent artists and record labels into the future”.

Ireland herself added: “It’s an honour to accept the Editor position for Bearded. Gareth has spent the past few years building and maintaining a name that unsigned and independent musical entities can trust and I am very excited to be able to take this forward. Myself, as well as the other new members of the team, hope to give the site a fresh shot in the arm, aiming to increase the range and scope of what Bearded has to offer. I guess it’s time for me to stop shaving and get into character!”