ROSTR and Please & Thank You Launch First Full-Platform Partnership Across Data, News, Events and Commerce
LOS ANGELES — May 20, 2026 — The ROSTR Group today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Please & Thank You, the experiential and VIP partner connecting artists and fans, spanning data, news, media, social, events and commerce across ROSTR's platform. The annual agreement makes Please & Thank You category-exclusive across VIP Experiences and marks the first in a small set of category-exclusive partnerships ROSTR will build over the next year. Rather than a traditional sponsorship or media buy, the partnership is designed as a deeper collaboration between two companies serving a faster-moving, more tech-forward music industry.
A full-platform partnership for a changing industry
ROSTR now reaches hundreds of thousands of people across its directory, news, media, social, jobs, services and events. For Please & Thank You, the partnership creates a single relationship across that full ecosystem. For ROSTR, it brings in a well-loved, forward-thinking company that has become a trusted partner to artists, teams and fans through its work in VIP, touring experiences, merchandise, premium ticketing and event logistics.
The deal reflects a shift in how brands are building relationships with the modern music business. Instead of working one channel at a time, Please & Thank You will work with ROSTR across the full platform: editorial, data, social, events, commerce and industry access.
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The partnership includes a new quarterly dinner series, Trending People, curated by ROSTR and hosted by Please & Thank You. Each invitation-only dinner will bring together executives, managers, agents, A&R, marketers and creatives with momentum that quarter. The series will rotate between Los Angeles, New York, Nashville and London, with the first dinner taking place this summer.
Please & Thank You will be the "Presented By" partner for Hottest Tours and The Live World, for the 2nd year in a row with co-branding across the ROSTR newsfeed, social channels and New Industry Focus — ROSTR's news platform for music, including its suite of newsletters.
The data component of the partnership will give Please & Thank You custom data feeds tailored to its business priorities, including trends across the industry, the people moving them, managers and agents by genre, tour announcements and curated contact sets.
Please & Thank You will also work with ROSTR as its commerce partner for ROSTR-branded merchandise, collaborating across product, brand and commerce infrastructure. The first launch will arrive in time for this holiday-season, with broader commerce work to follow.
A two-way collaboration
"ROSTR has always been about using technology to help create a more collaborative music industry. But we can only go so far. This partnership with Please & Thank You helps connect our audiences with the experts on the ground who are helping artists connect with fans day after day. It's the first in a small group of category partnerships we'll build this year, and Please & Thank You were our dream first partner." — Mark Williamson, Co-Founder & CEO, The ROSTR Group
"The music industry is finally getting the infrastructure it deserves, and ROSTR is at the center of that. We've been watching them build something special for a while: a real platform for the people who run this business. We've always believed that the companies closest to the data will build the most meaningful relationships in this industry, and this partnership is exactly that. We're proud to be ROSTR's first category partner and even prouder to be building something with them that reflects where this business is headed." — Eddie Meehan, CEO, Please & Thank You
More category partnerships to follow
The agreement reflects ROSTR's wider move toward category partnerships that sit across the full platform, giving selected companies access to a connected audience across directory, editorial, social, data, services, jobs, events and commerce. Please & Thank You is the first company to enter through this model. Additional category-exclusive partners will follow over the next year, each built around a different vertical within the music industry.
About ROSTR
The ROSTR Group is the platform for music industry professionals, built around a comprehensive directory of management, agency, label and publisher information. Its portfolio includes ROSTR, ROSTR Jobs, ROSTR Services and New Industry Focus. ROSTR was co-founded by Mark Williamson, formerly of Spotify's Artist Services team. For more information, visit hq.rostr.cc.
About Please & Thank You
Please & Thank You is an experiential and VIP partner to the music industry — the conduit between artist and fan. The company specializes in touring experiences, sponsorship, premium ticketing, meet-and-greets, merchandise programs, subscription commerce and event logistics for some of the most-watched artists in the world. For more information, visit please.co.
Press Contacts
ROSTR Vivian Donohue, Chief Growth Officer vivian@rostr.cc
Please & Thank You Skylar Cleland skylar@please.co
