Hume will leave ABC for Fox News. (Brit Hume to join Fox News Channel as managing editor and chief Washington correspondent)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, December, 1996 by Rice, Lynette

In a major coup for Rupert Murdoch, ABC's chief White House reporter Brit Hume will join Fox News as chief Washington correspondent and managing editor in January. The 23-year veteran of ABC News will cover major political stories and contribute news analysis to Fox News Channel and Fox News Edge, the Fox network's affiliate news services.

He joins ABC alums Catherine Crier and Mike Schneider at Fox--as well as his wife, Kim Schiller Hume, who was appointed bureau chief/senior producer of the Washington office in August. "They made an offer that was just too good to turn down," says Hume, adding that the offer from Fox "took my breath away." Hume's contract with ABC expires at the end of the year. "I thought people would be wondering why I'm...

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