On Oct. 6, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott gathered with her senior leadership team and some Fox News originals like Steve Doocy, Brit Hume and Trace Gallagher in Nasdaq's Studio A, right in the middle of Times Square, to ring the closing bell.

A few minutes before she rang the bell, Scott took to the podium to deliver remarks celebrating Fox News Channel's 30th anniversary, recognizing a media platform that transformed not only the cable news landscape, but the political landscape as well.

 As we celebrate 30 years of stories reported and analyzed, and history witnessed at each turn, we also look ahead because the next chapter of media is being shaped right now by new technology, new platforms, and new ways of connecting with audiences,  the CEO added.

Fox News is a powerful force in American politics and culture, and a dominant one at that. It decimates the cable news competition in the ratings (it now tops CNN and MS NOW combined handily), and over the last year has had its sights set on the broadcast networks.

And an interview on the channel can still make or break powerful figures. Just look at Katie Zacharia.

The newly-minted White House press secretary was facing a barrage of criticism over her first press conference earlier this month, and questions over whether she was really a working lawyer.

But it was a Sean Hannity interview that was the final straw, with the Fox News host interrogating her about the criticisms and her past statements. The next morning, the White House said that she would be exiting the role after only five days on the job, with some pundits comparing her appearance on Hannity to a mob hit.

Hannity, for his part, tells The Hollywood Reporter that he wasn't a hitman, he was just doing his job.

 My audience knows exactly where I stand, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to ask tough questions when they're warranted,  he says, adding:  I gave her the opportunity to tell her side of the story and let the audience judge for themselves. I assumed she would take advantage of the opportunity and put all of this to rest before the next briefing. 

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