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                                                                   Exhibit 10.50
                              SYNAPSE GROUP, INC.

                       PROMISSORY NOTE DUE APRIL 7, 2001


$25,000,000                                                   New York, New York
                                                                January 12, 2000


     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, SYNAPSE GROUP, INC, a Delaware corporation
("Borrower"), promises to pay to Jay Walker ("Lender") or its registered
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assigns, $25,000,000 as the Loan under the Credit Agreement referred to below on
April 7, 2001.

     Borrower also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount
hereof, from the date hereof until paid in full, at the rates and at the times
which shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of January 12, 2000 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"),
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between Borrower and Lender. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

     This Note is in the aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 and is issued
pursuant to and entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement, to which
reference is hereby made for a more complete statement of the terms and
conditions under which the Loan evidenced hereby was made and is to be repaid.

     All payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note shall be
made in lawful money of the United States of America in same day funds at
Lender's Office or at such other place as shall be designated in writing for
such purpose in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.  Unless and
until an Assignment Agreement effecting the assignment or transfer of this Note
shall have been accepted by Lender, Borrower shall be entitled to deem and treat
Lender as the owner and holder of this Note and the Loan evidenced hereby.
Lender hereby agrees, by its acceptance hereof, that before disposing of this
Note or any part hereof it will make a notation hereon of all principal payments
previously made hereunder and of the date to which interest hereon has been
paid; provided, however, that the failure to make a notation of any payment made
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on this Note shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of Borrower
hereunder with respect to payments of principal of or interest on this Note.
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     Whenever any payment on this Note shall be stated to be due on a day which
is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day; provided that, such extension of time shall be included in the
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computation of the payment of interest on this Note.

     This Note is subject to mandatory prepayments and to prepayments at the
option of Borrower, all as provided in the Credit Agreement.

     THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

     Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the unpaid balance of the
principal amount of this Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, may become, or may be declared to be, due and payable in the manner,
upon the conditions and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement.

     The terms of this Note are subject to amendment only in the manner provided
in the Credit Agreement.

     This Note is subject to restrictions on transfer or assignment as provided
in subsection 8.4 of the Credit Agreement.

     No reference herein to the Credit Agreement and no provision of this Note
or the Credit Agreement shall alter or impair the obligations of Borrower, which
are absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this
Note at the place, at the respective times, and in the currency herein
prescribed.

     Borrower promises to pay all reasonable costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, all as provided in subsection 8.1 of the Credit
Agreement, incurred in the collection and enforcement of this Note.  Borrower
and any endorsers of this Note hereby consent to renewals and extensions of time
at or after the maturity hereof, without notice, and hereby waive diligence,
presentment, protest, demand and notice of every kind and, to the full extent
permitted by law, the right to plead any statute of limitations as a defense to
any demand hereunder.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has caused this Note to be duly executed and
delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date and at the
place first written above.


                              SYNAPSE GROUP, INC.


                              By:  /s/Michael Loeb
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                                  Name:  Michael Loeb
                                  Title: President

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