Ian Katz to leave role as Channel 4 content chief in the autumn

Exit of former Newsnight editor after eight years comes after appointment of new chief executive 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, having moved from being the editor of BBC’s Newsnight.