{"id":90256,"date":"2020-05-15T15:35:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T20:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=90256"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:53:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T21:53:53","slug":"weathering-the-storm-live-streaming-with-no-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/weathering-the-storm-live-streaming-with-no-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Weathering the storm: Live streaming with no events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Yousef Nasser<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">When former Washington Post high school sports writer B.J. Koubaroulis realized that media consumption habits were changing, he decided to start his own business. Named Synthesis Multimedia Productions, Koubaroulis&#8217;s company specializes in the digital production of live sporting events. 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