Un-Sunny Days

There are hard times on Sesame Street:

“Unfortunately, Sesame Workshop is not immune to the current economic challenges inherent to the drastically changing media landscape,” she said. “Combined with the end of our current distribution deal and the policy changes affecting our federal funding, we’re confronted with a perfect storm. These factors, among others, have left us with a significant budget gap that we must solve for as we head into the next fiscal year.” “Given that our largest single expense is people and benefits, we must downsize significantly and make what we hope will be temporary changes to our benefits and bonus program,” she added. “These changes 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.” She concluded with a promise to ensure that Sesame Workshop will be around “for children and families for decades to come.”

But Big Bird will have to look elsewhere for his feed...