Time Magazine's Blog of the Year

Such is the interest in blogs in the US that TIME Magazine is considering making bloggers their TIME person of 2004, as Steve Rubel reports.  Here's the snippet from the interview with TIME boss Jim Kelly:

IWM: Are bloggers leading contenders to be Persons of the Year?

Kelly: I would say that they are contenders, yes. You could name one blog and call it Blog of the Year, or name a group of people and call them Blogs of the Year. There are six or seven people who clearly have a lot of influence.