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Papa John's and Publicis Groupe's Fallon Part Ways After One Month

Agency says it was unaware of Laundry Service 'incident'

papa-john-Schnatter-content-2018 — Fallon was retained by Papa John's in June and has confirmed it since has resigned the account.

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The month after the strategy call in which Papa John’s founder John Schnatter used the N-word and made other racially insensitive remarks, the pizza chain hired Publicis Groupe’s Fallon to handle brand campaigns.

The agency and client have now split after one month, spokespeople confirmed.

“In mid-June, Fallon was retained by Papa John’s International to create work for the brand,” a Fallon spokesperson wrote. “The agency was unaware of the incident with its previous agency and learned about it with the rest of the world.