Gideon Gottfried is a journalist, born in Germany and currently residing in London. He’s the European correspondent for US live entertainment bible Pollstar. Prior to joining Pollstar in 2015, he was editor at musikmarkt, the former trade magazine for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, for five years. His work has also appeared in Billboard, IQ Magazine, Vice Germany and others. He’s also a co-founder of Munich based independent record label Crispy Crust Records, where he is the editor. He is passionate about music of all genres and a rapper himself. Above all, he is an activist and anarchist, working as a journalist for Munich based non-profit and independent media network acTVism Munich. Follow @gideongottfried on Twitter to stay up to date on his work.