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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Twitter hit by 40% revenue drop amid ad squeeze, say reports

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Musk said in December that Twitter was facing a ‘negative cashflow situation of $3bn a year’. Photograph: Constanza Hevia/AFP/Getty Images

Twitter remains in the grip of an advertising squeeze, with the social media platform hit by a 40% drop in revenue after more than 500 clients paused their spending, according to reports.

The company’s daily revenue was down 40% year-over-year, the tech newsletter the Platformer reported, while the news site the Information said staff were told more than 500 of Twitter’s top advertisers had halted spending since Elon Musk bought it in October.

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