I doubt it's a mistake. The fact the BBC and Wired have reported this so quickly to me indicates the hand of Apple PR, slowly working to turn the tide of negative App Store stories.
... Or the hand of Spotify PR working to try and make it really hard for Apple to remove their app.
even with as little confidence in apple that I have, there is no way this is a mistake, its a high profile case and an application that apple have no doubt had their eyes on for a while