Introducing ROSTR 2.0:
Built for the Business of Music

By Mark Williamson (CEO) · March 17, 2026 · 6 min read

By Mark Williamson (CEO) · March 17, 2026 · 6 min read

ROSTR founding mission is to help create a more modern, connected, and fair music industry. Ambitious? Sure. But, seven years in, I'm confident we're actually making a real dent.

In 2025 alone, ROSTR was used to look up artist teams more than 5 million times. Jobs by ROSTR has become the leading music industry job board. And our independent news platform, New Industry Focus, reached tens of millions on social and 30,000+ monthly readers in just its first 9 months.

There's still so much more to do, so a year ago we decided to make our largest ever investment in R&D so we can accelerate our mission.

Today we're introducing ROSTR 2.0: built for the business of music.

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What's New?

What's New?

Rebuilt and redesigned

Rebuilt and redesigned

A ground-up rebuild with a redesigned interface, faster performance, and an entirely new technology foundation that will allow us to build and ship new stuff faster than ever. And of course dark mode (fear not, light mode is there if you prefer it).

A ground-up rebuild with a redesigned interface, faster performance, and an entirely new technology foundation that will allow us to build and ship new stuff faster than ever. And of course dark mode (fear not, light mode is there if you prefer it).

All-in-one intelligence dashboard

All-in-one intelligence dashboard

ROSTR 2.0 brings all of our products together for the first time: Contacts, Directories, Charts, Jobs, News, Services, and more. Now, alongside searching for artists or tracking signings, you can read the news, browse jobs, or find the latest industry services — all without leaving the platform.

ROSTR 2.0 brings all of our products together for the first time: Contacts, Directories, Charts, Jobs, News, Services, and more. Now, alongside searching for artists or tracking signings, you can read the news, browse jobs, or find the latest industry services — all without leaving the platform.

Supercharged artist profiles

Supercharged artist profiles

The about tab on artist profiles has gotten a major upgrade. For 15,000+ of the most popular artists on ROSTR, you'll now see much more detail, including in-depth bios written for industry professionals and a revamped Audience section (formerly Insights). Watch out for more data like this coming to the platform soon.

The about tab on artist profiles has gotten a major upgrade. For 15,000+ of the most popular artists on ROSTR, you'll now see much more detail, including in-depth bios written for industry professionals and a revamped Audience section (formerly Insights). Watch out for more data like this coming to the platform soon.

More advanced directories

More advanced directories

For ROSTR 2.0 we've split the "Discover" tool out into Directories. We've also completely rebuilt the artists, companies, tour, and festival directories and introduced a new signings directory. Tip: check out the grid view on directories for a new way to browse on ROSTR.

For ROSTR 2.0 we've split the "Discover" tool out into Directories. We've also completely rebuilt the artists, companies, tour, and festival directories and introduced a new signings directory. Tip: check out the grid view on directories for a new way to browse on ROSTR.

ROSTR Jobs, refreshed

ROSTR Jobs, refreshed

Jobs by ROSTR proved hugely popular so we're bringing it into ROSTR as just ROSTR Jobs. We've also given it a refresh with easier navigation, additional data, split view and better location search. We're still migrating some functionality but watch out for more coming soon.

Jobs by ROSTR proved hugely popular so we're bringing it into ROSTR as just ROSTR Jobs. We've also given it a refresh with easier navigation, additional data, split view and better location search. We're still migrating some functionality but watch out for more coming soon.

Stack is now ROSTR Services

Stack is now ROSTR Services

Our listings product Stack by ROSTR is now ROSTR Services – a yelp-like collection of thousands of businesses, tools and services across the music industry ecosystem. Browse by category or check out our collection of curated lists.

Our listings product Stack by ROSTR is now ROSTR Services – a yelp-like collection of thousands of businesses, tools and services across the music industry ecosystem. Browse by category or check out our collection of curated lists.

There are a few other surprises we hope you'll discover as you click around, as well as quite a few things still in the oven. With anything new, we also expect some bugs and some things you don't like. If you have thoughts, questions, or want to report a bug, we have a brand new feedback board.

We still have two plans — Free and Pro. Free allows you to use most of ROSTR with some limitations. Jobs, News, and Services are unlimited. Pro gives you unlimited access to profiles plus other benefits. More here.

ROSTR 2.0 is available to everyone today. I hope you love it.

Try ROSTR 2.0 For Free

Try ROSTR 2.0 For Free