Jay Hunt quits Channel 4 post just days before decision on top job

Chief creative officer who led poaching of Bake Off from BBC was seen as frontrunner to succeed outgoing CEO David Abraham Jay Hunt, the favourite to take over as chief executive of Channel 4, has quit the broadcaster days before an announcement to name the successful candidate for the £900,000-a-year job.The broadcaster’s chief creative officer, responsible for poaching the Great British Bake Off from the BBC, had been considered by many to be the frontrunner of five or six candidat