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New Washington chief represents coup for Murdoch
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...