Monday Morning Stir

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-Nike commissioned crayon sculptor (yes, crayon sculptor) Diem Chau to produce 11 press kits for the World Cup, which were then packaged by W+K designers. link

-The FTC will start keeping on eye on Apple’s business practices. link

-Draftfcb hired Yolanda Cassity as SVP, group management director. Cassity will lead multicultural efforts in the agency’s West Coast offices.

-Foursquare checks in with marketers and will release scalable tools soon. link

-NBC Universal signs final upfronts deal, hauls in $1.8 billion for primetime ad inventory. link

-Wendy’s pulls a free disco CD given with their kids meals after receiving complaints about the line, “I’m so horny,” in a Donna Summer tune. link

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