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Newsnight's Ian Katz: are new Times coming down the slipway?

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Ian Katz: breakfast with the Times editor. Photograph: Roger Tooth for the Guardian

Spotted: Times editor John Witherow and Newsnight editor Ian Katz deep in conversation over breakfast at Villandry in central London on Thursday morning. The pair seemed very animated, with Witherow tucking into coffee and a plate of eggs while Katz did most of the talking. Presumably press regulation was high on the agenda. But was Witherow trying to lure Katz back into the fold of Snoozepapers? The location also suggested a power shift: Villandry, a former haunt of Tony Blair, is a mere stone's thrown from the BBC's New Broadcasting House and a long way from the Times's Wapping HQ…

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