Press Releases

March 21, 2019

Sesame Workshop to Honor First Lady Michelle Obama at 50th Anniversary Gala on May 29th, 2019

March 19, 2019

Michael Preston Named New Executive Director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop

March 1, 2019

Blue Lizard Australian Sunscreen Partners with Sesame Workshop for Fun in the Sun Educational Content

February 26, 2019

Takalani Sesame, LEGO Foundation Launch 'Learning Through Play' Initiative to Reach Millions of Children and Caregivers Across South Africa

February 13, 2019

MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Expand “Dream, Save, Do: Financial Empowerment for Families”

February 4, 2019

Sesame Street Celebrates 50 Years and Counting

December 12, 2018

Sesame Workshop Launches Nationwide Initiative to Address the Impact of Homelessness Among America’s Youngest Children

December 5, 2018

The LEGO Foundation Awards $100 million to Sesame Workshop to Bring the Power of Learning through Play to Children Affected by the Rohingya and Syrian Refugee Crises

November 30, 2018

Brand New Series Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck Launches on Tiny Pop Next Week

November 27, 2018

Leaders and Most Promising Ventures in Early Childhood Development Convene at First-of-Its-Kind Early Futures Event

November 12, 2018

UNIQLO Launches “Cards for Hope” Campaign in Support of Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee’s Program for Refugee Children in the Middle East

November 12, 2018

Warner Music Group’s Arts Music & Sesame Workshop Partner to Re-launch Sesame Street Records

October 29, 2018

Sesame Workshop Debuts 49th Season of Sesame Street on HBO on Saturday, November 10, 2018

October 17, 2018

Puppeteer Caroll Spinney Announces Retirement from Sesame Street

September 27, 2018

Toda City and Sesame Workshop Introduce First Formal Sesame Street Curriculum For Schools in Japan

August 30, 2018

Joan Ganz Cooney to receive IBC2018 International Honour for Excellence

August 29, 2018

Sesame Workshop Awards Development Deals to Two Emerging Writers in Second Annual “Sesame Street Writers’ Room” Fellowship

August 1, 2018

Shout! Factory and Sesame Workshop Announce Home Entertainment Distribution Deal

July 25, 2018

Sesame Workshop and Nelvana to Debut Original Animated Series “Esme & Roy” on HBO in the U.S. and on Treehouse in Canada, August 18

July 19, 2018

McGraw-Hill Education and Sesame Workshop Announce Collaboration to Bring Enhanced Curricula to Classrooms – and Families – Around the Country

July 2, 2018

Sesame Workshop Names New Licensing Agents for Sesame Street in UK, Eire, and the Benelux

June 27, 2018

Steve Youngwood and Sherrie Westin, Who Have Played Pivotal Roles in the Organization’s Global Growth, Named to Newly-Created Divisional President Positions

June 25, 2018

Exclusive Sesame Street Content, with English and Mandarin Language Programs, Debuts on iQIYI

May 31, 2018

At 16th Annual Benefit, Sesame Workshop Announces a Groundbreaking Gift from Peter G. Peterson in Honor of Sesame Street Co-Founder

May 29, 2018

Vewd and Kaltura to Bring Sesame Street to Millions of Families Around the World