gazette – A gazzetta, a Venetian coin of little value, gave rise to the phrase gazzetta de la novita, “halfpennyworth of news,” which eventually gave us gazette. More…
silly season – Any slow news period characterized by trivial news or no news. More…
tidings – Probably comes from Old Norse tithindi, “news of events.” More…
report – To report something is etymologically to “carry it back,” from Latin reportare; the metaphorical sense of “bringing back news” also developed in Latin. More…