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Video - Wednesday, October 31, 2007

FORA.tv Update: Adobe Joins Will Hearst In Funding C-SPAN Knock-off

Last April, the a:c was first to report that Fora.tv had been funded by Will Hearst and others. The San Francisco-based startup wants to marry CSPAN content with the Internet. Today, Fora.tv goes public with its funding, adding that Adobe Ventures is among the funders. Fora.tv, however, still is not disclosing the amount of funding, nor has is it saying much about its traffic and traction.

CSPAN viewers will recognize FORA.tv's content partners: C-SPAN; the Chautauqua Institution; the World Affairs Councils of Northern California, Dallas, Oregon, Philadelphia and Connecticut; The Brookings Institution; Hoover Institution; the Cato Institute; New America Foundation; The Heritage Foundation; The Aspen Institute; The Commonwealth Club; The New School; The Long Now Foundation; the Museum of the African Diaspora; Asia Society; Hong Kong’s Civic Exchange; University of London; Chatham House in London; Cambridge University; the Transatlantic Institute in Brussels; The Royal Institute for International Relations - EGMONT; and many of the America’s top independent booksellers.

Read - Will Hearst Angel Funds CSPANish Fora.tv (the a:c)