Barack Obama Times Square Billboard updated

The Weatherproof outerwear company removed their unauthorized Barack Obama billboard in Times Square New York City and replaced the location with a new presidential themed design using an image of Mount Rushmore which features sculptures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln for there add campaign.

The original billboard — Weatherproofs, that is — uses an Associated Press news photo from Obamas trip to China. It features Obama standing by the Great Wall, wearing a Weatherproof jacket, with the tag line: A Leader in Style.

Weatherproof had purchased the right to use the photo, but the agreement required the company to seek any necessary clearances for use. A White House lawyer contacted the company on Jan. 8 and asked that they remove the billboard.

Ryan Janek Wolowski
New York City
February 4th 2010

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Barack
• Obama
• President
• The
• United
• States
• of
• America
• Mount
• Rushmore
• Sarah
• Palin