FOX News Media Re-signs Brit Hume to New Multi-Year Deal
September 09 2020 - 1:34PM
Business Wire
Brit Hume has signed a new multi-year deal to remain in his
current role as a senior political analyst, announced Suzanne
Scott, CEO of FOX News Media. Hume will continue serving as a
regular commentator and panelist across FOX News Channel’s (FNC)
daytime and evening programming and FOX News Sunday, as well as
contributing to election coverage and all major political
events.
In making the announcement, Scott said, “Brit is an exceptional
journalist who has played an integral role in our unrivaled
political coverage — his extensive knowledge of the intricacies of
Washington have made him a tremendous asset to our team and a
popular favorite with our viewers. We look forward to his continued
expertise for many years ahead.”
Hume added, “After decades of reporting and anchoring I wanted
to try it as an analyst. FOX News allowed me to do that, for which
I am most grateful. I love the work and I’m very excited to
continue doing it.”
Hume previously created, launched and anchored the network’s
signature evening news program Special Report, helming it for more
than 10 years and developing the show into the success that it is
today before transitioning to a senior political analyst role in
January 2009. Under his leadership, Special Report was the
highest-rated political program on cable television and quickly
overtook both CNN and MSNBC in its infancy. Hume also served as
Managing Editor of FOX News’ Washington, D.C. bureau, where he was
responsible for overseeing all news content.
Throughout his storied tenure with FOX News, Hume has secured
numerous interviews with major newsmakers including: then
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, former President
George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, Speaker of the
House Nancy Pelosi, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and
former Secretary of State Colin Powell. He also notably anchored
FNC’s election coverage during every presidential election from
1996 through 2008 and drove record ratings for the network.
Most recently, Hume served as a panelist for FNC’s highly-rated
special coverage of both the Democratic and Republican National
conventions. He also contributed to election programming in
Bedford, New Hampshire during the New Hampshire primary and Des
Moines, Iowa for the state’s caucuses, as well as Super Tuesday
coverage.
Before joining FOX News in January 1997, Hume spent 23 years at
ABC News, serving as chief White House correspondent from 1989
through 1996. In that role, he contributed to World News Tonight
with Peter Jennings, Nightline and This Week, as well as various
specials for the news division, and interviewed major political
figures, including then President Bill Clinton. A graduate of the
University of Virginia, Hume has received numerous honors and
awards, including the 2003 Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in
Broadcast Journalism from the National Press Foundation and a 1991
Emmy Award for his coverage of the Gulf War. The author of two
books, Inside Story and Death and the Mines, he was named "the best
in the business" by the American Journalism Review for his
extensive news coverage of the White House.
FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business
Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio and the
direct-to-consumer digital streaming services FOX Nation and FOX
News International. Currently the number one network in all of
cable, FNC has also been the most watched television news channel
for more than 18 consecutive years, while FBN currently ranks among
the top business channels on cable. Owned by FOX Corporation, FOX
News Media reaches 200 million people each month.
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