News Briefs
PAPA JOHN’S: on Nov. 10 will give away pizzas to firefighters at their firehouses to recognize their contributions to the communities. The promotion introduces the pizza makers new Six Meats pizzas and the Six Cheese pizzas. TV spots support showing founder John Schnatter delivering pizzas to firefighters. Earlier this week, the company reported revenue of $825.6 million for the nine months ended Sept. 27, a decrease of 3.1% from $852.4 million for the same period in 2008.
BRICKFISH: has hired Paul Botto as vice president of sales responsible for worldwide revenue generation efforts working with major brands, corporations and agencies. Botto has 15 years experience in media and measurement, most notably at Urchin Software Corp. where as business development manager he helped develop licensing models and closed partnerships that led to its acquisition by GoogleTM. Once transitioned, Botto worked as head of analytics for the North American Sales Organization at Google, where he worked with hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies as well as top agencies.
