Close, but not quite. As others have pointed out, that's not new information either. The information given is the knowledge that everyone knows that everyone kn

Close, but not quite. As others have pointed out, that's not new information either. The information given is the knowledge that everyone knows that everyone knows...that at least one person has blue eyes, to infinite depth. The key is that this knowledge was one level short of allowing the chain reaction to start prior to the announcement.