Bud Light Marketing Leadership 'adjustments' Made After Conservative Boycott Threats

Bud Light Marketing Leadership 'adjustments' Made After Conservative Boycott Threats
Bud Light beer cans. The brand has faced backlash after collaborating with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. © Jacqueline Martin, AP Canned Bud Light. The brand has faced backlash after collaborating with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

Anheuser-Busch decided to shake up its marketing leadership after the rabid conservative led the Bud Light brand in a campaign featuring a literal transgender social media influencer.

Alyssa Heinerscheid, head of marketing for Bud Light, is "on vacation" and Todd Allen has been named Budweiser's vice president of global marketing, according to Beer Business Daily.

Anheuser-Busch confirmed Allen's new role in a statement to USA TODAY: "We've made some adjustments to simplify the structure of our marketing function and reduce levels so that our top marketing people are more involved in all aspects of our brand business."

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"These actions will help us focus on what we do best: producing great beer for all consumers to positively impact our communities and our country," the statement said.

The move comes after prominent conservatives criticized Bud Light for teaming up with TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney to promote the contest. In an April 1 Instagram post, Mulvaney showed off a custom Bud Light can with his face on it and talked about a $15,000 March Madness giveaway.

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Afterward, some conservatives, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, as well as musicians Kid Rock and Travis Tritt, called for a boycott of Bud Light. Kid Rock posted a video on Twitter of himself swallowing 12 cans of Bud Light beer.

Anheuser-Busch's backlash also comes amid growing anti-transgender legislation.

Anheuser-Busch CEO's response to the backlash

"We never intended to engage in divisive debate," Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth said last week in response to the controversy. Gathering people to drink beer.'

The Anheuser-Busch decision was confirmed by Ad Age.

In an interview with the Make Yourself At Home podcast last month — before the Bud Light-Mulvaney video aired — Heinershid said his mission for Bud Light, which he called a "shrinking" brand, is to help achieve that, "young people attract". people". drinkers".

Bud Light, he said on the podcast, "was a bold, spontaneous piece of humor, and it was really important to take a different approach."

Also, Toronto's Bud Light couldn't put up a sign saying "lol CRYBABIES" after boycotting the brand because of its association with Mulvaney. Altered images of the billboard have been posted online, according to the Associated Press.

Shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev closed Friday at $65.52, up 5.3% from the previous month.

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Bud Light's CMO makes 'adjustments' after boycott threats from conservatives.

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