![]() The Slacker rival, which went public June 15, is the largest Internet radio service. Services have been able to attract audiences, they have yet to come up with a clear winning formula to make it as a business. ![]() While Slacker and other digital music streaming Apple’s iTunes music store dominates the download market. ![]() Scott Riggs spends his days bringing some art to the science of streaming Internet radio.Īs senior director of radio at San Diego’s Slacker personalized Web radio service, Riggs oversees a team of mostly part-time disc jockeys who build about 150 genre stations from jazz to hip-hop to blues to country, bringing a personal touch to the software algorithms used to build stations.Įmploying real DJs who are experts in their genres - Riggs handles alternative and “indie chill” stations himself - is one of the subtle dials Slacker turns in hopes of breaking through the static in the crowded Internet music business.
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