Pornhub Erects Huge Billboard in Times Square After Long Search for a Great Non-Pornographic Ad

Update: It's been taken down

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New York's Times Square has always been an eyegasm of advertising, so the adult website Pornhub's enormous new billboard—featuring the winner of its contest seeking a great non-pornographic ad—fits right in.

The winner is Nuri Gulver, a copywriter from Istanbul, whose entry was chosen from more than 3,000 others. On the contest's Tumblr page, Gulver says his concept was a simple one: "Because our icon is a hand, our campaign will easily be integrated into any media.

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