The accelerator program will spotlight six to 12 artists over the next year via focused programming on SiriusXM and Pandora stations and playlists.
Also this week: A judge rules on Pandora's battle with comedians, Tory Lanez is put under house arrest, and much more.
Growth in self-pay subscribers helped push quarterly revenues higher, offsetting increased content costs.
The streamer claimed comedians were illegally teaming up to demand more royalties, but a federal judge didn't buy it.