Digital World Acquisition Corp. says investors voted to extend the deadline to merge with Truth Social to September 2023, pending an investigation by regulators (Julian Mark/Washington Post)

Svea Herbst-Bayliss / Reuters:
Sources: a majority of Twitter’s shareholders have voted in favor of the $44B sale to Musk, whose $54.20 per share deal looks pricey in the current environment  —  A majority of Twitter Inc’s (TWTR.N) shareholders have voted in favor of the social media company’s $44 billion sale to Elon Musk …

Jack Stebbins / CNBC:
Digital World Acquisition Corp., seeking to take Truth Social public via a SPAC, fails to gain shareholder approval and sets an October 10 deadline for a vote  —  – Digital World Acquisition Corp. adjourned its shareholder meeting for over a month as its planned merger with Donald Trump’s media firm hangs in the balance.

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
The UK’s CMA plans to investigation Broadcom’s proposed $61B VMware acquisition, following similar investigations by the European Commission and FTC  —  The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has initiated a so-called “phase 1” investigation into Broadcom’s proposed $61 billion deal …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Filing: European Commission sets a provisional November 8 deadline to complete the review of Microsoft’s proposed $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition  —  EU antitrust regulators will decide by Nov. 8 whether to clear Microsoft Corp’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of “Call of Duty” …

Washington Post:
Sources: Donald Trump tells allies that he can’t leave Truth Social for Twitter because he’s propping it up and doesn’t want the brand to collapse  —  The former president has told his allies that he can’t leave his Twitter clone because he’s propping it up, and he doesn’t want a site so closely associated with his brand to collapse.

New York Times:
After a slow start, Donald Trump’s Truth Social has passed Gab, Parler, and other right-wing social media in unique visitors, largely due to Trump posting  —  The right-wing social network faces two federal investigations and an uncertain financial future.  But it has still managed to outpace its rivals.