If you were hoping that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek would use his South by Southwest Interactive keynote to announce a launch date for the U.S., no such luck (although Rafat has a source who say possibly end of May). Ek’s biggest bit of news: Spotify now has more than 320,000 paid subscribers, up from the 250,000 number the company last acknowledged earlier this year. Nothing specific on the pace.

What’s holding Spotify back in the U.S.? “We are seeing a lot of support, We want to get all of our ducks in a row to make maximum impact” when we do launch.” Work in progress.