Sources detail the twists and turns in Elon Musk’s $44B Twitter takeover, starting in March, falling apart, and then closing late on October 27 (Financial Times)

Bloomberg:
Sources: Twitter and Elon Musk are preparing for his buyout to be completed by the October 28 court-issued deadline, thanks to a breakthrough between both sides  —  Advisers to Twitter Inc. and Elon Musk are hard at work trying to get the $44 billion deal closed by the end of the month, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Guardian:
Court filing: Elon Musk’s deposition by Twitter’s lawyers has been rescheduled to October 6 and 7  —  Musk to be questioned under oath by Twitter lawyers on 6 and 7 October in preparation for trial over abandoned $44bn takeover  —  Elon Musk is scheduled to be questioned under oath …

The Wire:
The Wire retracts its recent stories on Meta and says it is using “independent external experts” to conduct an investigation into its Meta coverage  —  Earlier this week, The Wire announced its decision to conduct an internal review of its recent coverage of Meta …

CNBC:
The Southern District of New York charges SBF with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy, money laundering, and more  —  – Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York unsealed eight seperate charges against disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried …

New York Times:
Sources: Elon Musk and his advisers have discussed adding paid DMs to Twitter, which would let users send private messages to “Very Important Tweeters”  —  The billionaire and his advisers have discussed adding paid direct messages, fees to watch videos and other features to the service.

Financial Times:
Sources: Twitter has agreed to delay a deposition by Elon Musk scheduled for October 6 in Austin, as both sides hash out a way to close the $44B deal  —  Tesla chief and social media group are negotiating end to legal fight to finalise $44bn buyout  —  Twitter has agreed to delay a deposition …