Among the cutbacks are less spending to..

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It is a preposition heading an adverbial phrase.
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LiveinjapanAmong the cutbacks are is less spending to produce videos and to support publicity tours when a new album is released.

My two [euro] cents!

CB

Thanks, MM and CB.
I said I understand it except Among, but it seems I don't.

Where is the adverbial phrase?

Is spending is the ing-form of spend?

I know it's a lot to ask, but could you rephrase it into an understandable sentence? 

LiveinjapanAmong the cutbacks are less spending to produce videos and to support publicity tours when a new album is released.

Hi LiJ

Mr M and use different terminology due to our linguistic backgrounds but I think he means among the cutbacksis the adverbial phrase. I hope I'm right!

Thanks so much, CB.
Perfectly understand the meanig and what MM means.

By the way, I think why the writer use 'are' is he wanted to indicate two ways of cutbacks: less spending to produce videos, and less spending to support publicity tours, right.

Cool BreezeAmong the cutbacks = one of the cutbacks

Got it!

I mean the writer indicat

You're welcome! Two ways of spending less are indeed mentioned: less money for videos and less money for publicity tours. However,

I understand it perfectly, CB.
Thank you so much.

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Yes, what CB said. Sorry I didn't catch the S-V concord at first.
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Thank you, MM.

Hello, 

Among the cutbacks is less spending to produce videos and to support publicity tours when a new album is released.


Please let me confirm, by the way, the true subject of the sentence is less spending to .. tours. Right?