Exhibit 10.44

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO BUSINESS LOAN AGREEMENT

This Amendment No.2 to Business Loan Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2000 (the "Amendment"), is between Media Arts Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("MAGI"), Lightpost Publishing, Inc., a California corporation ("Lightpost," and together with MAGI, each a "Borrower" and collectively the "Borrowers") and Bank of America, N.A.
(the "Bank").

A.
The Borrowers and the Bank have entered into a certain Business Loan Agreement dated as of October 27, 1999 as amended to date (the "Loan Agreement").

B.
The Borrowers have requested that the Bank amend the Loan Agreement on the terms and conditions herein contained.

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the Borrowers and the Bank do hereby mutually agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

1.
Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meaning given to them in the Loan Agreement.

"1.6
Letters of Credit.





Letter of Credit Number

Amount302249

$
132,500302282

$
291,012


These
letters of credit are outstanding under this Agreement and are subject to all the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement.

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2.2
Section 1.7 (c) of the Loan Agreement is amended by deleting clause (ii) thereof in its entirety, and by substituting the following therefor:

"(ii) the
amount of the sublimit for commercial letters of credit set forth in Section 1.6 (a)(iii) shall be increased to Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000),"

3.
Representations and Warranties. When the Borrowers sign this Amendment, each Borrower represents and warrants to the Bank that: (a) giving effect to this Amendment, there is
no event which is, or with notice of, or lapse of time, or both would be, a default under the Loan Agreement, (b) giving
effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties of the Borrowers in the Loan Agreement are true on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of said date, (c) this Amendment
is within such Borrower's powers, has been duly authorized and does not conflict with any of such Borrower's organizational papers, and (d) this Amendment does not conflict with any law,
agreement or obligations by which such Borrower is bound.

4.
Conditions. This Amendment will be effective upon the occurrence of the following, in each case in a manner satisfactory to the Bank:

4.1
Receipt by the Bank of this Amendment executed by each party hereto).

5.
Effect of Amendment. Except as specifically amended above, the Loan Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed. The waiver contained above
shall be limited precisely as written and relate solely to the items and times above. Nothing in this Amendment shall be deemed to (a) constitute a waiver of compliance by any Borrower with
respect to any other term, provision or condition of the Loan Agreement or any other instrument or agreement referred to therein or (b) prejudice any right or remedy that the Bank may now have
or may have in the future under applicable law or instrument or agreement referred to therein.

6.
Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original, and all of said counterparts taken together
shall be deemed to constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed by the parties hereto as of the date first above written.

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|BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.                                          |  | MEDIA ARTS GROUP, INC.                                                    
|By /s/ Kenneth E. Jones
Kenneth E. Jones,Senior Vice President |  | By /s/ Michael J. Catelani
Name: Michael J. Catelani
Title:  VP of Finance
|By /s/ John C. Plecque
John C. Plecque,Vice President          |  | LIGHTPOST PUBLISHING, INC.                                                
|                                                               |  | By /s/ Michael J. Catelani
Name: Michael J. Catelani
Title:  VP of Finance

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