No Rock And Roll Fun

VIVA FOREVER - OR AT LEAST A LITTLE LONGER: Viva, the not very good video channel for German speakers, and it's much better sister, have been bought by AOL. Now, while usually the dead hand of AOL doing a takeover of a local product is the start of the end, at least it means that Viacom, owner of rival MTV, have lost in their attempts to buy (and, presumably, merge or kill) their rivals. Its hard to know who to cheer sometimes...