They made the case for a smaller orientation center that would serve as a kind of vestibule to the museum, and with the support of some members of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. staff they presented the proposal to then-Gov. George Pataki, who backed the redesign.
On Friday, in an internal memo to News International staff, James Murdoch explained News Corp's withdrawal of the proposal to acquire the shares in BSkyB it does not already own as being "a strong signal that our top priority in the UK is to address the issues facing News International".