'Sesame Street' layoffs

Source: FOX Sports

In a surreal reminder of the state of the economy, a dozen people were laid off from the New York office of the company that produces the popular kids show. How's that economy working? A dozen staff member ...
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Source: The Courier-Journal

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Pink Slips On Sesame Street: A Dozen Laid Off Today

Source: Cinema Blend

I have done my share of babysitting, which means I have encountered a fair amount of Sesame Street and its large variety of characters and storytelling methods over the years. The puppet-based programming is all about learning life le ...
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Pink Slips at Sesame Workshop

Source: Deadline Hollywood

EXCLUSIVE: About a dozen people were laid off today at the Sesame Workshop, the producers of Sesame Street. The job cuts this morning were at the company’s main New York offices. The cuts came because Sesame Workshop has ...
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Sesame’s Newest Outreach Initiative: Helping Children Build Resilience

Source: Sesame Workshop

Helping children persevere through changes and transitions is a critical part of Sesame Street’s mission. That’s why Sesame Workshop, the educational non-profit behind the iconic children’s show, is proud to announce Little Children, ...
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Magic Town: the app aiming to bring children's books to life

Source: Pocket Lint

It didn’t take long after the iPad arrived to see that young children could use them. In fact, so simple and so compelling is that large, glass, iOS interface that even small pets were getting in on the action. S ...
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What’s happening in a toddler’s brain while using an Apple iPad?

Source: MacDailyNews

“More than half of the young children in the U.S. now have access to an iPad, iPhone or similar touch-screen device. For parents, their children’s love of these devices raises a lot of questions,” Ben Worthen reports for The Wall St ...
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Baghch-e-Simsim

Source: The Communication Initiative

Broadcast on TOLO and LEMAR television stations since early December 2011, 's 26 episodes celebrate the country's cultural heritage and diversity. To that end, the series airs in both the Dari and Pashto languages. Th ...
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National STEM Video Game Challenge Winners Announced

Source: PR Newswire

More Than $100,000 Awarded to Students and Educators by The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and E-Line Media WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The winners of the , a competition to motivate interest in science, ...
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