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The crisis on Wall Street is plaguing Sesame Street .Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit producer of "Sesame Street" and other kids' programs, is cutting about one-fifth of its work force because of the economic downturn.The New York-based company said Wednesday that it's eliminating 67 of 355 staff positions.Declaring it is "not immune to the unprecedented challenges of today's economic environment," the company pronounced a need "to operate with fewer resources in order to achieve our strategic priorities."The statement reiterated the organization's mission "of helping children reach their highest potential here and around the globe."Best known as the home of such Muppet characters as Big Bird and Elmo , Sesame Workshop was founded in 1968 as Children's Television Workshop, then unveiled the groundbreaking "Sesame Street" as a literacy-building initiative a year later. That show, which remains a worldwide hit, was the first step toward a media empire that encompasses television, books, to...
It's been a rough week for Elmo. But things are looking up for "Sesame Street" puppeteer Kevin Clash, who was accused of having gay sex with a minor on Monday. More ...
Cookie Monster stands accused of shoving a 2-year-old. Super Mario was charged with groping a woman. And Elmo was booked for berating tourists with anti-Semitic slu...
In 2011, Muppeteer Kevin Clash starred in the Sundance award-winning documentary "Being Elmo." "When I was nine years old, it was just a dream that I had: Wow, I wis...
Children aren't the only ones who can learn from Big Bird — brain scans of children and adults watching "Sesame Street" reveal how brains change as they learn readin...
Cookie Monster stands accused of shoving a 2-year-old. Super Mario was charged with groping a woman. And Elmo was booked for berating tourists with anti-Semitic slur...
How should 'Sesame Street' respond?
The U.S. has terminated funding for a $20 million project to develop a Pakistani version of "Sesame Street" in response to alleged corruption by the local puppet the...
Elmo's not feeling Katy Perry ; Joaquin Phoenix comes 'clean'
Cookie Monster, Big Bird and Elmo are giving kids a glimpse of television's future.The "Sesame Street" crew has been talking to kids for more than four decades. Now ...
Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch are nowhere in sight. But there's Elmo . And new creatures too, like Baily, a kindly donkey who loves to sing, and Haseen O Jameel, a v...
Cookie Monster and Elmo stop by FoxNews.com Live
Voice of Elmo Kevin Clash denies underage gay affair
Sesame Street ’s Peabody Award Winner Elmo and Nadine Zylstra, Assistant VP of Sesame Workshop, discuss their Web site.
Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash may be facing multiple allegations of sexual relationships with minors, but that wasn't enough to stop him from being nominated for four d...
The man who accused Sesame Street's "voice of Elmo," Kevin Clash, of having a sexual encounter with him when he was 16 has retracted his statements about the PBS pup...
Can a puppet survive a sex scandal?Sesame Workshop told us on Tuesday that Kevin Clash, the voice of "Sesame Street" character Elmo, had resigned amid allegations of...
The man who voices Sesame Street's popular character Elmo is denying he had gay sex with a minor, as Sesame Street honchos try to assure fans that the high-pitched p...
Online petition to include on TV show
Kevin Clash steps down in wake of sex scandal