Fox News Channel anchor Bill Hemmer, formerly of CNN, has been given a multiyear contract with Fox News worth multimillions, reports TVNewser.

Hemmer’s contract status was part of a profile Howard Kurtz wrote of the anchor in The Washington Post. Fox had not officially announced Hemmer’s status.

Hemmer’s show, "America’s Newsroom," averages 1.3 million viewers, more than the combined total for morning shows on CNN, MSNBC and HLN.