3CM UnLimited is a London-based company that champions and supports the content, culture, communication and music industries through media, research and training, educational initiatives, and live events.
We own and operate CMU, helping people to navigate and understand the music business. We also own and operate ThisWeek Culture, championing the very best in fringe theatre, comedy and culture.
3CM UnLimited brings together various projects and ventures co-founded by editor, journalist and media entrepreneur Chris Cooke, who is Managing Director of the company, and who also provides expertise in content, culture, communication and music to other businesses via 3CM Consulting.
The CMU and ThisWeek teams are leading experts on the music and cultural industries; on creating, editing and publishing great content; on curating, staging and hosting great events; and on the very latest trends and developments in content, culture, communication and music.
Read on for more information about CMU and ThisWeek, and our media, research and training, educational initiatives, and live events. And then CLICK HERE to read more about past and current projects and programmes.
CMU helps people to navigate and understand the music business through media, training, research and events.
Our media includes the CMU Daily bulletin, Setlist podcast and online CMU Library. We offer our own music business training programme and deliver training courses for music companies and organisations.
Our research projects investigate and explain the latest trends in the music sector. And our events include the CMU+TGE Sessions as part of The Great Escape showcase festival and conference in Brighton each May.
CLICK HERE to find out more about CMU.
ThisWeek Culture champions the best in fringe theatre, comedy and culture, year-round in London and online, and each August at the Edinburgh Festival.
We do this through our TW Weekly bulletin, which recommends the best in culture in London and beyond every Monday morning, alongside interviews with our favourite performers, producers, writers and directors.
Each August we cover the world’s biggest cultural event, the Edinburgh Festival, via our ThreeWeeks Edinburgh print guide and website.
And on top of all that, we are currently developing new resources and events to help people learn about and navigate the culture business.
CLICK HERE to find out more about ThisWeek Culture.
UNLIMITED MEDIA
Our media have been covering and championing culture and the cultural industries since 1996. CMU covers music, music people and the music business through the CMU Daily bulletin and Setlist podcast, and offers other resources via the online CMU Library. ThisWeek champions the best in fringe theatre, comedy and culture via the TW Weekly bulletin, and covers the Edinburgh Festival via the ThreeWeeks website and print guide.
UNLIMITED INSIGHTS
We undertake research with and deliver training to the the content, culture, communication and music industries. CMU Insights is a leading provider of training to the music business, and also delivers seminars and webinars for music industry organisations and in-house at music companies. Our research work analyses and explains the latest trends and debates in the business of music, and more generally in content, culture and communication.
UNLIMITED LEARNING
We develop and deliver educational programmes for people who aspire to work in the content, culture, communication and music industries. The CMU:DIY programme helps music students and aspiring music-makers build careers and businesses in music. We also founded the Pathways Into Music Foundation to support music educators and helped launch the Taylor Bennett Foundation to make the communications sector more diverse.
UNLIMITED LIVE
We curate, host and present talks, conversations and panel discussions at events around the world, and produce conferences and educational programmes, often in partnership with our media. Our current events include the CMU+TGE Sessions as part of The Great Escape showcase festival that takes place in Brighton each May, and the Artist:Entrepreneur programme which we deliver with the UK’s Featured Artists Coalition.
