CHRIS COOKE is a writer, broadcaster, publisher, communicator, trainer and entrepreneur. He co-founded his first media in 1996, ThreeWeeks at the Edinburgh Festival, whilst studying in the Scottish capital. Two years later he co-founded music business network CMU, and two years after that the UnLimited Creative agency, before bringing them together as the UnLimited Media Group in 2002.
Chris has a degree in English from Edinburgh University and Law from London Metropolitan University. As a journalist, he writes about the media, music and communication businesses on a daily basis, and as a result is a leading expert on these sectors, often commenting on them for other media, especially the BBC.   As well as being MD of the UnLimited Media Group, Chris is also Business Editor of CMU and Co-Editor of ThreeWeeks, writes for PR news website esPResso, and co-presents the CMU monthly podcast. He also programmes the convention side of The Great Escape, the UK’s premiere music business conference.   Over the last fifteen years he has led numerous creative and consulting projects in the music, media and communication sectors, and is also an acclaimed trainer, overseeing the UnLimited Insights training courses, and also helping develop the Taylor Bennett Foundation programme that is enabling more diversity in PR.