Although more than 500 reporters are accredited by the court, only a few dozen stuck around for the 11 weeks it took to interview nearly 1,600 potential jurors. Many on the celebrity legal circuit flocked to big cases elsewhere, from Michael Jackson to Kobe Bryant and Martha Stewart. The cable networks will be back this week, but they aren’t dropping big bucks. County officials, who at one point wanted to charge each network $51,000 to pitch a broadcasting tent at the courthouse, have agreed “to eat” the costs of accommodating the media, says a spokeswoman. “The boom just never materialized.”
