Last month they proposed changes and have taken 40+ pages of griefing so this month the only changes they mentioned are some that they know from reading the forums to be changes that some people want so at least this way they can feel they pleased some i guess. With the amount of grief already in todays post i bet they don't announce much more in next months and who can blame them. If they did introduce new content in not sure they would trumpet from anywhere. How much would they get slated if for what ever reason it didn't work or the work had to be taken back out before live release.
You can class the npe as a sheep if you like but regardless of what you prefer to class it as ... Its new content. It is brand new as in never before seen (other than people on beta). The reworks going into the major cities are just remakes of the original to showcase the gfx engine but the actual npe is content.