Houston Public MediaLess than two months after losing millions of dollars in previously allocated federal funding, Houston Public Media is eliminating nine staff positions in an effort to cut costs.
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Houston Public Media eliminates 9 staff positions after federal funding cuts
The news outlet lost $2.2 million in annual federal funding – or nearly 10% of its annual operating budget – when Congress voted in July to claw back $1.1 billion in funding over the next two years for public broadcasting.