Like all public goods, privatization had to come for Sesame Street eventually. The show and characters just made too much god damn money from book/toy/home video sales (which originally was meant just to fund PBS, the Children's Television Workshop, and charitable causes without corps like Doordash hogging the PR) not for capitalist exploiters to try to make a buck off their brand recognition.
The photo reminds me of the cursed knowledge I learned here recently, that Sesame Street has a VC wing
VC?
I assume that's venture capitalist. What the fuck does Sesame Street need with a venture capitalist wing
Like all public goods, privatization had to come for Sesame Street eventually. The show and characters just made too much god damn money from book/toy/home video sales (which originally was meant just to fund PBS, the Children's Television Workshop, and charitable causes without corps like Doordash hogging the PR) not for capitalist exploiters to try to make a buck off their brand recognition.
Venture Capital firm
Dang it could have been VolCel
soon :volcel-judge: