It's official: Vivendi has bought Seagram, getting control of Universal. Vivendi also have investments in telecommunications, and are likely to use this to establish digital distribution mechanisms. Though, with their music and Internet divisions reporting to Edgar "anonymity must be abolished" Bronfman, we're likely to see more of the same.

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