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It reminds them of Uber.
Specifically, they see parallels between what happened at Papa John's leading to its chairman John Schnatter resigning this week and how the Uber crisis unfolded in 2017, ultimately leading to the ouster of its founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick.
To read more about why Papa John's crisis reminds branding experts of Uber's fiasco, click here.
In other news:
The Justice Department will appeal the $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger. A judge approved the deal last month after nearly two years of effort by the two companies.
The ad agency giant Omnicom has created a new AI tool that is poised to completely change how ads get made. On Thursday, Omnicom Group publicly rolled out Omni, an internal platform that allows its agencies to use data to create, plan and buy ad campaigns.
Speaking of Omnicom, the agency holding company is betting on building its own data expertise even as its rivals spend billions on data providers. "It de-risks our business," said Jonathan Nelson, CEO of Omnicom Digital.
Facebook won't ban Infowars in its fake-news purge - a site that says 9/11 was staged and the moon landing was fake. At a press event in which it emphasized its crackdown on misinformation and so-called fake news, Facebook was pressed by CNN why Infowars still had a presence.
Build-A-Bear was forced to shut down its 'Pay Your Age Day' deal after huge crowds and 'madness' overtook stores across the US. Photos from Build-A-Bear stores show long lines stretching throughout malls and scenes that some shoppers described as "madness."
Bustle owner Bryan Goldberg has won the bankruptcy auction for Gawker.com, the Wall Street Journal reports. Goldberg placed a $1.35 million bid for assets including the Gawker.com domain, social media accounts and an archive of its published articles.