We had recently mentioned that Gawker Media decided to shut down Valleywag and that Consumerist would soon go up for sale. Today is the day. Consumerist just recently put up a post which says that the blog is now up for grabs. This certainly will be a high amount sale and if any of you have the money laying around this might be a good chance to jump on a very successful blog. Of course the managing of such a large and popular blog might be difficult but if the new owner can manage the blog strategically there is money to be made.

Here are some images to give you a better idea of how popular the blog currently is,

[source:Consumerist]