I suppose that technically, anything that follows the format displayed here is a blog. But when you think about what a blog is supposed to be -- the voice of the people, a way of being published for people who have no other means -- then the definition gets pretty muddy.
In the technology world, for example, every major publication (and a lot of the minor ones) have "bloggers." The bloggers, though, are their regular writers who have been given even more to do. Their posts, for the most part, are not substantially different from their regular articles. The only difference is they're shorter.
To truly be bloggers, I'd say #1 they'd need to put more of their own thoughts and personality into them. #2 they probably shouldn't be on the publications' main site, which would allow them more freedom. If they are, the media giants will have to live with the fact that they may not always like what's posted there. Including certain words beginning with the letters S and F. And #3, most posts don't seem to be written to engage in dialog, but rather to disseminate information -- the old model.
So yes, they have the form factor of a blog, but in truth they're not. Likely those publication blogs will be popular only until the "next big thing" comes along and they jump on it to try and remain relevant.
On the other hand, with the way print publications are going these days, a blog may be all that's left to some of them.
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