“Suzanne has been instrumental in the success of FOX News and she has now made history as its first female CEO,” Lachlan Murdoch, chairman of 21st Century Fox, said in a statement provided to the Washington Examiner. “Her vision and innovation have helped create some of the most popular and lucrative primetime programs on cable and as we embark on the era of the proposed New Fox, I am confident that Suzanne’s leadership will ensure the dominance of both FOX News & FBN for years to come.”

Scott was most recently the president of programming at Fox News and Fox Business.

“I am incredibly honored and humbled to take on this new role and very thankful to Rupert and Lachlan for their leadership and confidence in me to run FOX News,” she said in a statement. “I am beyond proud of our incredible team and the success we have built as a network.”