Eric Meyrowitz - TVSpy http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy And Now The News... About Local News Copyright 2013 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:25:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Jodi Applegate, Expecting a Child Through Surrogacy, to Step Down From WPIX Anchor Desk After two years at WPIX, Jodi Applegate will step down from the anchor desk at the Tribune-owned CW affiliate in New York.

Applegate announced today that she and her husband, Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay, are expecting a daughter in January via gestational carrier. Her final broadcast will be December 19. In a statement, she said she looks forward “to returning to media in the future.”

“After years of putting my career first, I’ve decided to step back for a moment and enjoy this new role,” Applegate said. “It was a difficult decision to choose to step away from a full-time anchor position but I want to take this time to enjoy being a new mom and focus on the baby.”

Applegate is a former anchor of “Good Day New York,” the morning newscast on Fox O&O WNYW. She joined WPIX in October 2010 as the anchor of its 10 p.m. newscast. She now also anchors the 5 p.m. newscast, which was launched in 2011. continued…

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]]> Merrill Knox http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/jodi-applegate-expecting-a-child-through-surrogacy-to-step-down-from-wpix-anchor-desk_b70488#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/jodi-applegate-expecting-a-child-through-surrogacy-to-step-down-from-wpix-anchor-desk_b70488 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/?p=70488 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:52:40 +0000