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07-15-2008, 11:09 PM
Brit Hume, a top anchor and executive with Fox News since the channel was launched 12 years ago, plans to step down at year's end. But he won't disappear entirely.
Sources familiar with the situation say that Hume, 65, will give up his job as Washington managing editor and anchor of "Special Report," the 6 p.m. show that has beaten the cable news competition for seven years. They say he is near a deal to continue with Fox in a senior-statesman role, not unlike that of NBC's Tom Brokaw, for roughly 100 days a year.
Hume would be a senior political analyst, anchor for special events, panelist on "Fox News Sunday" and occasional substitute for the host, Chris Wallace.
Hume was unavailable for comment; the sources describing the situation would not be identified discussing pending contract negotiations.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071501744.html?hpid=topnews
Sources familiar with the situation say that Hume, 65, will give up his job as Washington managing editor and anchor of "Special Report," the 6 p.m. show that has beaten the cable news competition for seven years. They say he is near a deal to continue with Fox in a senior-statesman role, not unlike that of NBC's Tom Brokaw, for roughly 100 days a year.
Hume would be a senior political analyst, anchor for special events, panelist on "Fox News Sunday" and occasional substitute for the host, Chris Wallace.
Hume was unavailable for comment; the sources describing the situation would not be identified discussing pending contract negotiations.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071501744.html?hpid=topnews