Channel 4 programming chief Ian Katz to leave after nearly nine years

Exit of former Newsnight editor as chief content officer comes after appointment of new CEO Priya Dogra

Channel 4’s content chief, Ian Katz, who holds responsibility for the broadcaster’s £650m annual programming budget and output, is to leave after almost nine years in the post.

Katz, a former senior executive at the Guardian, became the channel’s director of programmes in January 2018 after moving from the BBC where he was editor of Newsnight.