Veteran Anchor to Stay as Senior Analyst

By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer

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.

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 had made no secret that he would probably retire when his contract expired this year. That became more likely when his wife, Kim, stepped down as Fox’s Washington bureau chief in 2006.

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