From Italian 'gazzetta,' likely named after a Venetian coin ('gazeta') that was the price of reading a news-sheet in the 1530s.
A journal or newspaper, especially the official one of an organization or institution.
From French gazette (a newspaper), borrowed from Italian gazzetta, the name of a Venetian news-sheet first published around 1536. Two competing etymologies exist: the prevailing view traces it to gazeta, a small Venetian coin worth roughly a penny, which was the price of the publication — so a gazette was literally a penny-sheet. The rival theory derives it from gazza (magpie), a chattering bird
If the coin theory is correct, calling a newspaper a 'gazette' is like calling it a 'penny paper' — defined by its price, not its content. The related word 'gazetteer' (a geographical dictionary) came about because early gazetteers were published as supplements to gazettes.