Eamonn Forde is a music business journalist who has been writing about all areas of the music industry for the past 25 years. He regularly contributes to titles including Music Ally, Music Business Worldwide, The Guardian, The Big Issue, The Quietus, IQ and Pollstar. He is the author of three books about the music business: The Final Days Of EMI: Selling The Pig (2019); Leaving The Building: The Lucrative Afterlife Of Music Estates (2021); and 1999: The Year The Record Industry Lost Control (2024).