For the last couple of months I have stopped buying the news. Newspapers that is.
This is not, I should explain, through any wild compulsion to escape the realities of life which the newspapers deliver to my doorstep on a daily basis. Because actually I do believe reading the news is quite important – keeping up with domestic and world events etc etc.
No, there is instead a classic skinflint agenda going on here.
Because I now find that I can feed my news neediness without spending a single penny. I just read all the newspapers online. (And before you argue that I have to pay for my Net access, I will say that I receive this for zilch also. But that’s another Net Skinflint tale just waiting to be told).
Guess what. I’ve worked out that by logging onto the e-news I’m saving about £7 per week – that’s a crazy £360 plus per year. That works out at a good few days less paid work in a year (I’m a freelancer btw) – so a double winner for the Net Skinflint. I don’t have to work so hard and I have more time to relax and read the online news.
And do you know what, the online newspapers (a bit of a misnomer really) even provide e-mail alerts to your favourite bits of news. You don’t have to wade through to find those all important snippits. Excellent. Some even offer online versions of the crossword (and I admit it – I love the Times crossword).
Check out the online versions and save yourself oodles:
The Times – www.timesonline.co.uk
The Telegraph – www.telegraph.co.uk
The Guardian – www.guardian.co.uk
The Independent – www.independent.co.uk
The Finacial Times – www.ft.com
Daily Mail – www.dailymail.co.uk
Daily Express – www.express.co.uk
Daily Mirror – www.mirror.co.uk
Sun – www.thesun.co.uk
