Layoffs to hit Sesame Workshop amid streaming woes, Trump attacks
In a memo to staff sent Tuesday, Sesame Workshop President and CEO Sherrie Rollins Westin blamed the end of a distribution deal with Max and the loss of federal funding under President Donald Trump.
With ‘Sesame Street’ Searching for a New Home, Sesame Workshop Undergoes Layoffs
The nonprofit said Wednesday that season 56 will begin production next month as it seeks a new home for the iconic children's show.
Mass Layoffs Hitting Sesame Workshop
Max, which currently airs the series, announced a couple months ago it would not distribute episodes after 2025, and Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns the streaming service, said around the same time that it would not renew its decadelong deal to fund
Sesame Workshop will 'downsize significantly' with layoffs, CEO says
Sesame Workshop will "downsize significantly" announced president and CEO Sherrie Rollins Westin on Wednesday in a note to staff .
Sesame Street non-profit to 'downsize significantly' with layoffs
Sesame Street Workshop is planning major layoffs, CEO Sherrie Rollins Westin said in a memo to staff Wednesday.
Sesame Street workshop has started layoffs. Here's what it means for the show
Sesame Workshop — the parent company of Sesame Street — announced Wednesday that they are significantly downsizing. It said part of the reason is the "changing media and funding landscape."
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Sesame Workshop To 'Downsize Significantly' Amid Funding Cuts, Streaming Partner Loss
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit production company behind the beloved children's educational TV show "Sesame Street," is ...
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Sesame Workshop to ‘downsize significantly’ after staff announce plans to unionise
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organisation behind Sesame Street, has announced plans to “downsize significantly,” shortly ...
Evictions at Sesame Street.
The nonprofit Sesame Workshop production company is laying off staff, with Sesame Street still needing to find a new platform to broadcast future episodes after Max dropped the beloved children’s show ...
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Sesame Workshop sees major shakeup as iconic show 'not as core' to television network strategy
Shakeups in funding are causing layoffs to sweep across Sesame Workshop. Employees were given notice that some of them would ...
Sesame Workshop Files Lawsuit to Keep Amazon, Walmart, eBay From Selling Allegedly Counterfeit Toys
The “Sesame Street” company wants e-commerce sites to stop selling fake versions of their trademarked goods or else pay $150K per infringement ...
What we know about Trump's claim that US spent $20M on 'Sesame Street' for Middle East
Speaking to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump made a number of claims about what he ...