Beats Music, the streaming service recently launched in the US by Dr. Dre’s audio empire, has fully acquired music marketing and monetisation company Topspin Media.

Founded in 2007 by Shamal Ranasinghe and ProTools co-creator Peter Gotcher, Topspin Media allows more than 55,000 musicians, comedians, labels, managers and filmmakers to sell music, video, merch and ticket bundles.

Before today’s announcement of Beats’ acquisition, the company had an exclusive agreement with Spotify, which saw its services made available in-app by the Swedish ...