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In an effort to jumpstart sales, Bud Light has been rolling out marketing campaigns and partnerships it thinks will placate fans. The company has, for example, run ads featuring NFL players which include taglines like “easy to drink” and “easy to enjoy.” They didn’t want to hang their company on it,” says William Knoedelseder, the author of Bitter Brew, a history of the Anheuser-Busch dynasty. Chairman August A. Busch III, the great-grandson of the founder, Adolphus Busch, viewed Budweiser as the company’s “crowning glory” and the family’s heritage. “Nothing with the Budweiser name on it had ever failed.”