Image Control: Role As Billboard Novelty Kook Not The Return To Radio Britney Spears

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Britney Spears' lawyers have dispatched an angry letter to Clear Channel Communications, insisting upon the removal of billboards for a syndicated Florida radio show featuring an unflattering photo of the singer taken shortly after her very public, hair-shedding break with reality. The implication--for anyone looking for something approaching logic on a radio show billboard ad--is that the troubled pop icon is as cuckoo as anything you might experience on MJ Kelli's wild and wacky morning show. Britney's people are also currently mulling their "suing your Clear-Channeling asses to Kingdom Come" option, reports TSG:

In a June 14 letter to Clear Channel Communications lawyer Donna Schneider, Spears's counsel claims that the billboards promoting the MJ Morning Show were "outrageous to the extreme" and demanded their removal. A copy of the Spears legal letter can be found below.​

They are headlined, "Total Nut Jobs," "Shock Therapy," and "Certifiable." According to the star's lawyer, Spears's "likeness has a multi-million-dollar value for authorized commercial exploitations" and, as a result, she is entitled to "very substantial damages" from Clear Channel.​

It's a shame that Clear Channel should so opportunistically attempt to co-opt Spears's public meltdown for their selfish promotional purposes, fresh on the heels of such image-healing publicity stunts as her recent 12-minute, lip-synching showcase tour and album-titling contest. Despite what direction the case takes, from now on, every time a Floridian Britney fan thinks to themselves, "You know, what I'd really like to do is throw 'Omg is Like Lindsay Lohan Like Okay Like' into my CD player and dance around my bedroom!" they'll first be reminded of the "Total Nut Jobs" 93.3 campaign, leading them to select a far less unbalanced artist like Avril Lavigne from their music collection instead.

• Britney Ballistic Over Billboards [TSG]

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