quidnunc

Quidnunc, kwid′nungk, n. one always on the lookout for news: one who pretends to know all occurrences.

The rest can wait until you tell me what new quidnunc tale was invented to lure you here.

He even becomes a quidnunc, prying now and then into the personal affairs of his superiors.

Beside the Quidnunc and the party politician, another class of reader now appeared demanding aliment in the press.