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Budweiser Parent Company Anheuser-Busch Cancels San Francisco Pride Sponsorship
• The Gateway PunditOther companies, including Comcast, Smirnoff-producer Diageo, and wine company La Crema, have also withdrawn their sponsorships, resulting in a reported loss of approximately $300,000 in funding.
Anheuser-Busch cited financial constraints as the reason for pulling its support, a reason echoed by other withdrawing sponsors.
San Francisco Pride's executive director, Suzanne Ford, told SFGate that the withdrawals are "very abnormal."