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For Social Blend Episode 132, we’re joined by Matthew Katz aka SubAtomicDoc and Amy Vernon to discuss the drive and evolution towards a Social Media Bill Of Rights for users accessing content in new media within a social context. Following the negative reaction to the release of Digg V 4, Matt and Amy, along with other people such as Lee Garnett aka nComment, began pushing forward with some form of universal declaration of the rights of social media users.

In related tech news, we cover the big revelation this week that TechCrunch has been bought out by AOL, and dissect what the impact will be not only for the reputation of TC, but for its community of followers as well. We also take a look at the announcement that the Star Wars saga will be re-released to theaters (yet again) in 3D format, beginning in 2012. Will there be new footage and more changes? Is this a prologue to a sequel trilogy? Do you even care? We examine these questions and more.

Meanwhile, this weekend brings the official conclusion of World War I. If that sentence made you go, "WTF", you’re not the only one – but it’s true! And we discuss how it is the truth during this show.

All this and more on this week’s edition of Social Blend!

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from cGt2099.com) and Jay Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.com) the Social Blend is a fun, and hard-hitting, podcast, with no respect for rules.

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Stories of the Week

Social Media Bill of Rights 0.1

All Six "Star Wars" Movies To Get 3D Re-Release Starting With "Phantom Menace" In 2012

AOL Close to Buying TechCrunch

AOL Officially Acquires TechCrunch Network of Sites

Digg Redesign Tanks: Traffic Down 26%

First World War officially ends this weekend

George Lucas to release Star Wars in 3D

Michael Arrington: Why we sold TechCrunch to AOL, and where we go from here

Silent Star Wars

Star Wars C-3PO sectioned

Music Credits

Music used in the Social Blend 2010 Intro Theme was performed and written by EMERALD CITY