"We try our best to respect the game and showcase and display it in a fashion that might be a little bit more appetizing for a different group of people that are watching alongside the best play commentators on Earth."
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav championed Thompson as a "true innovator who has transformed for the digital age two of the world’s most respected news organizations."
The bill would offer a payroll tax credit to news organizations of $25,000 per employee for the first year and $15,000 for each year following to retain or hire local news reporters.
The 80-year-old Hume has been a mainstay at Fox News. He joined the network in 1996 and hosted Special Report from 1998 to 2008 before moving to an analyst role with the network that he still holds today.
"We look forward to honoring the content that moved audiences in 2026 and continuing the Gracies’ long-standing investment in the people who will shape what comes next.”