Tag: Sesame Workshop
After 50 years on TV, has Sesame Street been gentrified?
To one viewer and parent, competitive pressures and fading institutional knowledge have compromised the show's "gritty urban utopianism."Pointing to harmful messaging, autism organization ends partnership with Sesame Workshop
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network said that a resource kit for parents, developed by the autism organization Autism Speaks, furthers "stigma against ...To mark show’s 50th anniversary, ‘Sesame Street’ producer adds episodes to pubcasting archive
More than 4,000 episodes of the show will be made available to the public over the next year.Sesame Workshop: No, Bert and Ernie are not gay
Comments from a former writer for the show prompted a tweet from the Workshop Tuesday.HBO agreement reverses financial losses at Sesame Workshop
The agreement “totally changed our economics,” said CEO Jeffrey Dunn.Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee win $100M MacArthur grant
The nonprofits partnered to win a five-year grant to educate children displaced by conflict in the Middle East.Sesame Workshop advances in $100M MacArthur Foundation competition
In partnership with the International Rescue Committee, Sesame is among four organizations that advanced in the competition to address a big, complex ...Updated ‘Sesame’ curriculum includes early-learning initiatives at stations
The show's characters and lessons will be featured in programs bringing educational resources to providers and parents.Big Bird’s finances come under scrutiny at House budget hearing
Where are the tax returns, Big Bird?Sesame Workshop named semifinalist in $100M MacArthur Foundation grant competition
Its proposal, one of eight selected as semifinalists, targets children who face violence, limited access to education, loss of loved ones and ...Veteran ‘Sesame Street’ actors to meet with producers over future roles
“I have been in touch with each of them to meet in person,” Sesame Workshop CEO Jeffrey Dunn said.Sesame Ventures collaboration to back children-oriented startups
The nonprofit workshop is partnering with the investment firm Collaborative Fund.Sesame Workshop–HBO deal sparks soul-searching among public broadcasters
“It seems to me there is something depressing about all this,” lamented PBS’s ombudsman.What we’re reading about the Sesame–HBO deal
Reactions to the deal that are worth your time.Reactions to the Sesame Street–HBO deal
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