<s>
Bloglines	B-Application
was	O
a	O
web-based	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
for	O
reading	O
syndicated	O
feeds	O
using	O
the	O
RSS	O
and	O
Atom	B-Application
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
subscribe	O
to	O
the	O
syndicated	O
feeds	O
for	O
free	O
using	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bloglines	B-Application
offered	O
an	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
that	O
maintainers	O
of	O
web	O
sites	O
could	O
use	O
to	O
write	O
software	O
to	O
read	O
feeds	O
,	O
search	O
its	O
database	O
of	O
feed	O
entries	O
,	O
and	O
ping	O
the	O
service	O
when	O
a	O
website	O
was	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bloglines	B-Application
became	O
unavailable	O
in	O
early	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
Fletcher	O
,	O
former	O
CEO	O
of	O
ONElist	O
,	O
founded	O
the	O
site	O
in	O
June	O
2003	O
and	O
sold	O
it	O
in	O
February	O
2005	O
to	O
Ask.com/InterActiveCorp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
23	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Bloglines	B-Application
released	O
an	O
iPhone	B-Device
version	O
of	O
their	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ask.com	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Bloglines	B-Application
would	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
effective	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
2010	O
on-line	O
marketing	O
company	O
MerchantCircle	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
assume	O
control	O
of	O
Bloglines	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2015	O
Bloglines	B-Application
had	O
been	O
down	O
for	O
at	O
least	O
320	O
days	O
,	O
but	O
users	O
still	O
can	O
retrieve	O
their	O
subscriptions	O
list	O
from	O
Netvibes	O
using	O
their	O
Bloglines	B-Application
account	O
.	O
</s>
