Want to buy Bloglines? According to TechCrunch, Ask is trying to divest itself of Bloglines. But although the service has been up for sale for the past few months, there are no serious buyers in sight.

Ask acquired Bloglines in February 2005 for around $10 million, but TechCrunch believes it may be willing to sell the service at a loss. Despite delivering a popular blog / news search engine and reader service, Bloglines has generated virtually no revenue, let alone profits, to date.

Source: Michael Arrington, “Bloglines Gets A Band-Aid; And We Hear It’s Still For Sale”, TechCrunch, October 20, 2008

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