{"id":1954490,"date":"2023-06-22T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T21:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/awkwardness-on-tap-for-bud-lights-parent-company-as-it-accepts-prestigious-award\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T17:09:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T21:09:32","slug":"awkwardness-on-tap-for-bud-lights-parent-company-as-it-accepts-prestigious-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/awkwardness-on-tap-for-bud-lights-parent-company-as-it-accepts-prestigious-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent company of Bud Light faces awkwardness as it accepts prestigious award."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fawkwardness-on-tap-for-bud-lights-parent-company-as-it-accepts-prestigious-award%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1954490&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Industry Experts Weigh in on Bud Light&#8217;s Parent Company Accepting Prestigious Award<\/h2>\n<p>Amidst the fallout from its controversial partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney, Bud Light&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-suspends-demonetizes-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"YouTube Suspends, Demonetizes One America News Network\">parent company<\/a>, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), has received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-awards-medal-of-freedom-to-anthem-kneeler-megan-rapinoe-who-declared-girls-sports-not-that-important\/\" title=\"Biden Awards Medal of Freedom to Anthem Kneeler Megan Rapinoe, Who Declared Girls\u2019 Sports \u201cNot That Important\u201d\">prestigious honor<\/a>. Marcel Marcondes, AB InBev&#8217;s top executive, was awarded the Creative Marketer of the Year at the renowned Cannes Lions Festival in France. This recognition comes at a time when the brand is facing a boycott and plummeting market shares.<\/p>\n<p>Opinions on AB InBev accepting the award have been mixed. Some suggest that the company should have declined, considering the marketing issues it currently faces in the United States. One anonymous agency executive who previously worked with AB InBev stated, &#8220;They have bigger fish to fry than showing up to an awards show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, there are marketers who believe that the company&#8217;s work outside of the Mulvaney partnership should not be overlooked. One industry executive noted that Bud Light is primarily an American brand and that AB InBev still has plenty of achievements to be proud of globally.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone is pleased with AB InBev&#8217;s handling of the Mulvaney controversy. An LGBTQ marketer criticized the speed at which the company distanced itself and advised the AB InBev team to approach Cannes Lions with humility.<\/p>\n<p>The festival itself praised AB InBev&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/agency-behind-bud-light-debacle-wins-ad-industrys-equivalent-of-an-oscar\/\" title=\"Agency responsible for Bud Light controversy wins ad industry's Oscar.\">sustained creative excellence<\/a> and its reputation for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/awkwardness-on-tap-for-bud-lights-parent-company-as-it-accepts-prestigious-award\/\" title=\"Parent company of Bud Light faces awkwardness as it accepts prestigious award.\">producing innovative marketing solutions<\/a>. In his opening remarks, Marcondes acknowledged the partnership with Mulvaney as a &#8220;wake-up call&#8221; for the industry and emphasized the importance of humility in divisive times.<\/p>\n<p>While AB InBev has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-shark-tank-host-mark-cuban-spar-over-woke-capitalism\/\" title=\"Vivek Ramaswamy and Mark Cuban clash on 'Woke' capitalism.\">suffered significant financial losses<\/a> since the Mulvaney campaign, Marcondes stopped short of issuing an apology.<\/p>\n<h3>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/agency-behind-bud-light-debacle-wins-ad-industrys-equivalent-of-an-oscar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agency Behind Bud Light Debacle Wins Ad Industry\u2019s Equivalent Of An Oscar<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry experts commented on AB InBev&#8217;s top executive Marcel Marcondes receiving the Creative Marketer of the Year award, despite the controversy surrounding Bud Light&#8217;s partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1954491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1954490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1954490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1954491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}