Yet, the distinction between what is temporal and what is meaningful is something our less information-rich forebears may actually have been better at making.

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Mr. Murdoch's 65% premium for Dow Jones shares is evidence that the most trusted, authoritative and differentiated news brands and journalism have more and not less value in today's information-overloaded world.

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LinkedIn and Twitter have taken the lead over Facebook for B2B because they are more information-based, targeted, and somewhat less personal than Facebook, Storey says.

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