Apple’s Book, Film Services Go Dark In China

Apple Inc's online book and film services have gone dark in China, after Beijing introduced regulations in March imposing strict curbs on online publishing, particularly for foreign firms.

Attempts by Reuters to access Apple's iBooks Store and iTunes Movies services were met with a message in Chinese saying they were "unusable".

The services were closed by Apple at the demand of China's media regulator, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, the New York Times reported, citing two unnamed people.