American Public Media Group, Minnesota Public Radio's parent company, on Friday laid off 30 staff members after Congress clawed back funding that it had previously approved for public broadcasting. Cuts in state funding from the Minnesota Legislature exacerbated the budget gap.

APMG CEO Jean Taylor announced the job cuts in an email to staff three weeks after a general announcement about plans to eliminate jobs. The announced cuts did not include staff reductions in the MPR newsroom. Cuts included APM Research Lab staff, which focused on demographic analyses, surveys, and data journalism.

APMG would not confirm every department affected by cuts, but layoffs impacted areas of the organization including YourClassical, The Current, information technology and the division that distributes na

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