jim bolden is at the apple store on regent street in london. he joins us with reaction and some of the people who have grown up in this apple world, jim. >> reporter: that's right, nina. it's interesting, really. can't think of a better place to get reaction than here in front of one of the hundreds of apple stores opened behind me. someone laid flowers here at the door and a person came by with an apple, took a bite out of it and left it right there as a tribute to steve jobs showing the symbol of apple. of course we have been asking some people this morning what they think. with me is ben killner, a customer of apple. we found you inside the store. at your age, your generation, what does steve jobs, what does apple mean to you? >> they're fantastic products. they look beautiful, they work well. and my sort of memory of steve jobs -- of apple mainly is the product mainly but then waiting for new products, seeing steve jobs on stage, in his jeans, giving the world fantastic products. >> the key things for me around apple, the products usually m

jim bolden has all the details. >> reporter: when rupert murdoch was hauled before british lawmakers back in july it was all about phone hacking by his now shut "news of the world" sunday newspaper. that appearance was the culmination of a story broken by "the guardian" newspaper. this week "the guardian" has turned ats tension to murdoch's most prestigious title, "the wall street journal". "9 guardian" used the word scam to claim circulation figures were inflated in order to attract advertising. "the wall street journal" has hit back in a press release, it says "the guardian" article is replete with untruths and malign interpretations. still, the journal admits that one deal to distribute copies of the paper to students through a consulting firm was admittedly complex but nevertheless legitimate. but the journal does say it's no longer comfortable with the appearance of the distribution deal and that such deals have ceased even though it says its european circulation numbers were audited and approved. britain's media trade journal "the press gazette" -- >> they have 75,000 but they

to gauge reaction from east to west we have eunice yoon in beijing and jim bolden in london.ead first to eunice. what's the sentiment there? >> reporter: well, carol, steve jobs was referred to here as master jobs. he was equally admired here as he was in the united states. but because the industries here in china are seen as generally less innovative, he was really elevated to a cult-like status. we managed to go down to some of the stores here and saw people laying flowers as well as leaving cards. generally people were saddened by his passing. >> translator: he made great contributions to the world because he created apple and gave so many of us a chance to enjoy these high-end gadgets. >> translator: i hold very high regard for him. did he a good job giving us one nice product after another. >> reporter: and you know, carol, you only have to look at the back of your ipod or iphone to really understand the special relationship that china has with apple. on the back of nearly every single one of these things you'll see the words designed in california but assembled in china