UNDER PRESSURE FOX CANCELS OJ BOOK, TV SPECIAL...

First Posted: 03/28/08 03:44 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 01:00 PM ET

The New York Times:

Numerous staff members at the News Corporation and the Fox network, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because they had been ordered not to comment about the Simpson deal, said they were thankful the company had abandoned the project. A News Corporation executive said that internally the project had been considered a disaster for the company.

Another executive said that the company had badly miscalculated the public's tolerance for anything having to do with Mr. Simpson, thinking enough time had passed for the public to consider him less a pariah.

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