NEWS IN BRIEF: Edelman announces appointments

CHICAGO: Edelman has announced two senior appointments. Dan Santow has been hired as director of a new editorial services department in Chicago. He'd been running his own communications business, working with clients such as Orbitz.com and the American Bar Association. Edelman also named Miguel Rico acting GM for its Mexico City office. He replaces Magdalena Carral, who was appointed a commissioner of the National Migration Institute by President Vicente Fox of Mexico.