Apple's second bite at content and a robust economic picture for Abu Dhabi - a podcast by The National UAE

Apple will break up iTunes into Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV as it revamps how it delivers content. 


Host Mustafa Alrawi, Assistant Editor and Chief, and Kelsey Warner, Assistant Business Editor, explain what the US company's changes could mean for its own future, as well as that of the media and technology landscape and not least, consumers.


Zahabia Gupta, Associate Director, Sovereign and International Public Finance Ratings at S&P Global Ratings is in the the studio to talk about the ratings agency's latest report on Abu Dhabi’s economic outlook which says that growth will will average 2.5 per cent over the next three years, before rising to 3 per cent off the back of increased government spending and higher oil production. 
Zahabia runs through the potential risks to S&P's assessment for Abu Dhabi – both to the upside and downside.

In this episode:

- Top news headlines (44 seconds)
- We discuss Apple's big announcement about iTunes (2 minutes 27 seconds)
- S&P's Zahabia Gupta talks about Abu Dhabi's outlook (12 minutes)


Read more on our website:

• Abu Dhabi economy to grow by 2.5% till 2022

• Apple iTunes demise will usher in a trio of better apps

• Airlines to inspect Boeing 737s after US regulator says some jets may have defective parts

• Debt and aggressive credit card selling among top UAE consumer complaints, says Central Bank

• Oil continues slide as Opec pledges to do 'whatever it takes'

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