Christie Eliezer, Journalist
Christie Eliezer is the Melbourne-based Australasian Bureau Chief of Pollstar and industry columnist for Mixdown. He was a long-time senior journalist with The Music Network, weekly columnist for Immedia!, Special Project Editor at Beat and Australian/New Zealand Bureau Chief for Billboard. Getting his start as Features Editor at Juke and Contributing Editor of Rolling Stone Australia, his half a dozen books include High Voltage: 7 Movers & Shakers of the Australian Music Industry and the Music Managers Forum’s Introduction to the Music Industry.
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All the happenings in the Australian music industry over the last month.
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