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"One of our main credos from day one was not to give that classic record store attitude to customers - the snooty attitude that says 'I know more than you do'," says Marc Weinstein, co-founder of Hollywood's biggest (and friendliest) music store.
Until now there has not been a dedicated, unbiased Farsi-speaking TV station broadcasting in Iran. That's about to change with the launch of the BBC World Service's Persian TV.
Nine years ago, TV in Pakistan was decades behind India, with just two - state-run - channels and output that was mainly government propaganda. Today its mix of drag divas and campaigning reporters is challenging the old order.
Mass brands and grocery stores have reinvented themselves - now newsagents and kiosks must do the same.
The media industries are evolving and morphing extremely quickly and the old ways of doing things are becoming redundant. To help you keep up, Monocle identifies the pioneers, technologies and trends of the future.
Bloggers in Malaysia have broken the state's control of politics, much to the chagrin of the government and its lapdog press.