International Insider: Merger Approved!; RTS London’s AI Buzz; Deadline @ Zurich

Deadline - Oct 2, 2026

Welcome, welcome Insiders. Max Goldbart here taking you through a week in which one of the biggest entertainment deals of this century was waved through. Read on. And sign up here. Merger Approved! C-suite winners and losers: In the end it all happened quite quickly. Several weeks back it appeared that David Ellison might feel […]

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