Sesame Street
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 30: Jon Stewart attends the Sesame Street Workshop 10th Annual Benefit Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 30, 2012 in New York City.
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About a dozen people were laid off today at Sesame Workshop, producers of Sesame Street. The job cuts were at the company’s main New York offices as it ‘shifted some resources to better align with our strategic priorities and new opportunities,’ a company spokesperson told Deadline.
Ernie from 'Sesame Street' is a great example of how hand-held puppets can be a non-intimidating way for adults to talk to kids ... Kids and puppets just go together.
You could see ‘Sesame Street’ or ‘Murder, She Wrote’ -- programs that were popular back then -- even if they were months old when you got them. But at least you had the opportunity to see them.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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NPR names execs to oversee news, online content
represent Knell's first major changes at NPR since he arrived in December from Sesame Workshop, the producer of TV's " Sesame Street ." Knell replaced Vivian Schiller at NPR after controversies in 2010 and 2011 stemming from the firing of Williams and the Read more »
Around the web
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It's a Sesame Street of pain
to do deep interrogations to inflict long-term pain on prisoners so that they would talk." It's not the first time Sesame Street music has reportedly been used to break the will of prisoners. In 2003 the US military allegedly used the soundtracks to soften 11:06 AM from The Daily Telegraph Read more »
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US denies abusing Guantanamo detainees with 'Sesame Street' music
that prisoners in 2003 were strapped to chairs and played loud music through their headphones for hours or even days and that "Sesame Street" was among the selections. President Barack Obama on taking office in 2009 vowed to close the prison within a year, 5:38 AM from New Kerala Read more »
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Feist bringing music new and old to the Power Center
that followed her commercial breakthrough—you know, things like international touring and performing with Elmo on “Sesame Street”—the singer-songwriter, known commercially simply known as Feist, took the long way around. In fact, she took more than a year 5:22 AM from MLive.com Read more »
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What's The Best Music To Use As Torture, Erm, Enhanced Interrogation?
"Guards at Guantanamo Bay tried to coerce inmates into talking with songs from Sesame Street played on repeat, according to a new Al-Jazeera documentary. ... What's the best kind of music to use when you're trying to break someone's will?" Slate 05/31/12 3:10 AM from ArtsJournal Read more »
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‘Sesame Street’ allegedly used in Guantanamo interrogations
that detainees at Guantanamo Bay were "tortured" by being forced to listen to songs from Sesame Street for days on end. The Al Jazeera film, "Songs of War," features Christopher Cerf, who has worked as a composer on Sesame Street for more than four decades. 5/31/12 from Albequerque Express Read more »
