Sesame Workshop is facing significant layoffs as announced by CEO Sherrie Rollins Westin. This decision comes on the heels of Warner Bros. Discovery's ending of funding for new episodes of Sesame Street after 2025, indicating a shift in strategic priorities. The layoffs, described as painful yet necessary for the organization's mission, follow a recent request from over 200 employees for union recognition. The Workshop aims to adapt to an evolving funding landscape to ensure its future, despite the human toll of these job cuts.
"Amid the changing media and funding landscape, we have made the difficult decision to reduce the size of our organization," a Sesame Workshop spokesperson wrote in an email to NPR.
"The layoffs are necessary to ensure that the Workshop is poised to continue to deliver on its mission for years to come but that does not make the human impact of these reductions any less painful."
Last December, Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns Max, announced that, after 10 years, it was not renewing its deal to fund new episodes of the iconic children's series.
Cast - like puppeteers - crew and writers are already unionized, said a statement from OPEIU Local 153.
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