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Pride parades and festivals are coping with a broad pullback in corporate sponsorship dollars amid shrunken DEI budgets and political pressure. This year, long-time corporate sponsors of Pride St. NPR: A music festival booked Kanye West, now known as Ye, and lost major sponsors A music festival booked Kanye West, now known as Ye, and lost major sponsors CNN on MSN: Kanye West was booked as a festival headliner.
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Brands are now pulling their sponsorship Pepsi and brewery company Diageo have withdrawn their sponsorship of the UK’s 2026 Wireless Festival after it was announced that Kanye West would headline the three-day event. Kanye West was booked as a festival headliner. Brands are now pulling their sponsorship The Wall Street Journal on MSN: Festival organizer defends Kanye West booking after sponsors flee Yahoo: Pepsi Pulls London Music Festival Sponsorship After Kanye West Announced as Headliner