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    Snap shares plunge 25% as Apple privacy changes hit revenue

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    Shares of Snap plummeted 25% on Thursday after the owner of photo messaging app Snapchat said privacy changes implemented by Apple on iOS devices hurt the company’s ability to target and measure its digital advertising.

    The Santa Monica, California-based company, which earns the vast majority of its revenue from selling digital advertising on the app, said the issue was compounded by global supply chain disruptions and labour shortages and caused brands to pull back on their advertising spending.

    The results for Snap, which is the first of the major social media companies to report earnings, cast a shadow over Facebook and Twitter, which release third quarter results next week.

    Snap’s results also knocked Facebook shares down 6%, Twitter down 7% and Alphabet fell 3%

    Snap’s results also knocked Facebook shares down 6%, Twitter down 7% and Alphabet fell 3% on Thursday.

    The Apple privacy updates were rolled out broadly in June and prevent digital advertisers from tracking iPhone users without their consent.

    A new ad measurement tool provided by Apple hampered the ability for companies to measure the performance of their ads, upending many of the ways advertisers have been accustomed to doing business for decades, said Snap CEO Evan Spiegel during a conference call with analysts. “This has definitely been a frustrating setback for us.”

    Snap added it expects the Apple privacy changes and global supply chain disruptions to linger through the fourth quarter, which is typically the highest-earning period for social media companies when brands ramp up marketing for the holiday season.

    Revenue miss

    Many of the advertisers who place ads on Snapchat are in the beauty, fashion and consumer goods industries.

    Snap said the supply chain disruptions affected a wide variety of advertisers across industries and regions.

    Revenue for the third quarter ended 30 September was $1.07-billion, missing consensus estimates of $1.1-billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. Daily active users, a metric watched closely by advertisers and investors, rose 23% year over year to 306 million, beating analyst estimates of 301.9 million.

    Snapchat has worked to attract and retain users by building new features like the ability to discover restaurants and stores through a map feature, or play virtual games with friends.

    The net loss during the quarter was $72-million, or $0.05/share, narrowing from $199.9-million, or $0.14/share, in the year-ago quarter.

    Snap forecast fourth quarter revenue between $1.16-billion to $1.2-billion, and daily active users between 316 million to 318 million.  — Reported by Sheila Dang, (c) 2021 Reuters

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