My interpretation of the author's meaning is similar to what you've written in your edit. However it's not just information as goods the author is talking about

My interpretation of the author's meaning is similar to what you've written in your edit. However it's not just information as goods the author is talking about but information as capital. In this day and age most of the world's capital (means of production) involves information in some way and it's getting to the point where the informational components is coming to dominant the value of the capital. E.g. Uber's value comes 100% from the data-processing system it owns and not the fleet it doesn't own.