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                                 Exhibit 10.16

                              COMMON STOCK WARRANT

        THIS COMMON STOCK WARRANT (this "WARRANT") evidences that, for value
received, the undersigned ______________________ and his assignee(s) (the
"HOLDER") is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereafter
set forth, to subscribe for and purchase from J2 COMMUNICATIONS, a California
corporation (the "COMPANY"), _______________________________ (_________) fully
paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's Common Stock, no par value (the
"COMMON STOCK"). The number and exercise price of the shares of Common Stock
that may be purchased upon the exercise of this Warrant are subject to
adjustment as provided herein.

        SECTION 1. EXERCISE PERIOD. The purchase rights represented by this
Warrant are exercisable by the Holder, in whole or in part and at any time or
from time to time, on or after the issuance date of this Warrant and on or
before the date that is five (5) years after the issuance date hereof (the
"EXERCISE PERIOD").

        SECTION 2. EXERCISE PRICE. The price per share for purchase of the
Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant shall be equal to Three Dollars and
Fifty-Five Cents ($3.55) per share prior to the second anniversary of the date
of issuance of this Warrant and Five Dollars ($5.00) per share on and after such
date (the "EXERCISE PRICE"). Such Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment
as provided in Section 8 hereof.

        SECTION 3. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

        (a) During the Exercise Period, this Warrant may be exercised, in whole
or in part and from time to time, by the surrender of this Warrant and the
Notice of Exercise annexed hereto duly executed at the principal office of the
Company and upon payment of the Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased
(payment to be by check or bank draft payable to the order of the Company).

        (b) Upon exercise, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, within a
reasonable time, one or more certificates, issued in the Holder's name or in
such name or names as the Holder may direct, for the number of shares of Common
Stock so purchased. The shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued as of
the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been
exercised.

        (c) No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall
be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. In lieu thereof, a cash payment
shall be made equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price per share
as then in effect.

(d) If an exercise of any portion of the Company's stock of this Warrant is to
be made in connection with a registered public offering or the sale of the
Company by whatever means or structure effected, the exercise of any portion of
this Warrant may, at the election of the Holder, be conditioned upon the
consummation of the public offering


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or sale of the Company, in which case such exercise shall not be deemed to be
effective until the consummation of such transaction.

        SECTION 4. STATUS OF SHARES. The Company represents, warrants and
covenants that all shares of Common Stock that are issued upon the exercise of
rights represented by this Warrant will be fully paid, nonassessable, and free
from all taxes, liens, and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other than
taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

        SECTION 5. CHARGES, TAXES, AND EXPENSES. The issuance of certificates in
the name of the Holder for the Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of
this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder of this Warrant for any
issue tax in respect thereof. The Holder shall pay all stock transfer taxes, if
any, in respect of any transfer of this Warrant or any Common Stock that may be
purchased upon the exercise of this Warrant.

        SECTION 6. NO RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER. This Warrant does not entitle the
Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company
prior to exercise and payment of the Exercise Price in accordance with Section 3
hereof.

        SECTION 7. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights of the Holder to register the
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be as stated in the
NLAG Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the issuance date of this Warrant
among the Holder, the Company and others, as amended and modified from time to
time.

        SECTION 8. ADJUSTMENTS.

        (a) Adjustment of the Exercise Price for Stock Splits, Reverse Stock
Splits, and Stock Dividends. In the event that the outstanding shares of Common
Stock shall be subdivided (split) or combined (reverse split), by
reclassification or otherwise, or in the event of any dividend payable on the
Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, the applicable Exercise Price and the
number of shares of Common Stock available for purchase under this Warrant in
effect immediately prior to such subdivision, combination, or dividend shall be
proportionately adjusted.

        (b) Adjustment for Capital Reorganizations. If at any time there shall
be a capital reorganization of the Company's Common Stock or a merger or
consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, or the sale of
the Company's properties and assets as, or substantially as, an entirety to any
other person, then, as part of such reorganization, merger, consolidation, or
sale, lawful provision shall be made so that the Holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter be entitled to receive, on exercise of this Warrant during the period
specified in this Warrant and on payment of the Exercise Price then in effect,
the number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the Company, or
of the successor corporation resulting from such merger or consolidation, to
which a holder of the Common Stock deliverable on exercise of this Warrant would
have been entitled on such capital reorganization, merger, consolidation, or
sale if this Warrant had been


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exercised immediately before that capital reorganization, merger, consolidation,
or sale. In any such case, appropriate adjustment, as determined in good faith
by the Board, shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant
with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant after the
reorganization, merger, consolidation, or sale to the end that the provisions of
this Warrant (including adjustment of the Exercise Price then in effect and the
number of shares purchasable on exercise of this Warrant, but without any change
in the aggregate Exercise Price) shall be applicable after that event, as near
as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares or other securities or property
deliverable after that event on exercise of this Warrant.

        (c) Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each
adjustment or readjustment pursuant to this Section 8, the Company at its
expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance
with the terms hereof and furnish to the Holder a certificate setting forth such
adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such
adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, upon the written
request, at any time, of the Holder, furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Holder, a like certificate setting forth: (i) such adjustments and
readjustments; (ii) the Exercise Price at the time in effect; and (iii) the
number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other property that
at the time would be received upon the exercise of the Warrant.

        (d) Notices of Record Date. In the event of any taking by the Company of
a record of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of
determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend or
other distribution, the Company shall mail to each Holder, at least ten days
prior to the date specified for the taking of a record, a notice describing the
proposed event and specifying the date on which any such record is to be taken
for the purpose of such dividend or distribution.

        SECTION 9. SALE OR TRANSFER OF THE WARRANT; LEGEND. The Warrant, and any
shares of Common Stock of the Company purchased upon exercise of the Warrant,
shall not be sold or transferred unless either (i) they first shall have been
registered under the 1933 Act, or (ii) the such sale or transfer is exempt from
the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. Such Warrant and shares may be
subject to additional restrictions on transfer imposed under applicable state
and federal securities law. Each certificate representing any Warrant and any
such share that has not been registered and that has not been sold pursuant to
an exemption that permits removal of the legend shall bear a legend
substantially in the following form, as appropriate:

        THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
        1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR
        SALE IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THE
        SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN
        EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION UNDER SAID ACT.

Upon request of a holder of such a certificate, the Company shall remove the
foregoing


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legend from the certificate or issue to such holder a new certificate therefor
free of any transfer legend, if, with such request, the Company shall have
received a written opinion of legal counsel who shall be reasonably satisfactory
to the Company, addressed to the Company and reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Company's counsel, to the effect that such legend is not
required in order to establish compliance with any provisions of the Securities
Act.

        SECTION 10. REPRESENTATIONS. The provisions respecting the making of
representations regarding investment intent and investor suitability in, and
that are required to be made by investors in the Company pursuant to, Sections
4.5 and 4.6 of the Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of
April 25, 2002, as amended by the First Amendment to Preferred Stock and Warrant
Purchase Agreement dated as of the issuance date of this Warrant, among the
Company, National Lampoon Acquisition Group, LLC and various investors in the
Company, are hereby incorporated in full herein by this reference with the same
effect as if fully set forth herein, and are applicable to the purchase of this
Warrant and to purchases of Common Shares pursuant to the exercise of purchase
rights hereunder.

        SECTION 11. LOSS, THEFT, DESTRUCTION, OR MUTILATION OF WARRANT. Upon
receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss,
theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant, and in case of loss, theft,
or destruction upon receipt of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to
it, and upon reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable expenses incidental
thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the
Company will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and dated as of such
cancellation in lieu of this Warrant.

        SECTION 12. SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, HOLIDAYS, AND SO FORTH. If the last or
appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right
required or granted herein shall be a Saturday or a Sunday or shall be a legal
holiday, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the
next succeeding day that is not a legal holiday.

        SECTION 13. AUTHORIZED SHARES. The Company covenants that during the
period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and
unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance
of Common Stock upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant.

        SECTION 14. ISSUE DATE. The provisions of this Warrant shall be
construed and shall be given effect in all respects as if it had been issued and
delivered by the Company on the date hereof. This Warrant shall be binding upon
any successors or assigns of the Company.


        SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall constitute a contract
under the laws of the State of California and for all purposes shall be
construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of said state.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed
by its duly authorized officer and the Holder has accepted same as evidenced by
his signature below, all of as of the issuance date of this Warrant, which is
May 17, 2002.



                                    "COMPANY"

                                    J2 COMMUNICATIONS



                                    By___________________________________
                                         James P. Jimirro, President


                                    "HOLDER"


                                    _____________________________________


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Notice of Exercise of Stock Purchase Warrant


To: The Company


1. Pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, the undersigned hereby elects
to purchase _____ shares of Common Stock of J2 Communications, a California
corporation (the "COMPANY"), and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price
of such shares in full.

2. Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of Common
Stock, in the name of the undersigned or in such other name(s) as is/are
specified immediately below or, if necessary, on an attachment hereto:

[List names and addresses]

3. In the event of partial exercise, please reissue an appropriate Warrant
exercisable into the remaining shares.

4. The undersigned represents that the aforesaid shares of Common Stock are
being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment and not with a
view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the
undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling such shares.
The undersigned further represents that such share shall not be sold or
transferred unless either (a) they first shall have been registered under the
1933 Act or (b) the Company first shall have been furnished with an opinion of
legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such
sale or transfer is exempt from the registration requirement.


Date:________________________                ___________________________________
                                             Warrant Holder


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                                   SCHEDULE 1

        The following items identify information relating to Exhibit 10.16:

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WARRRANT HOLDER                                SHARES
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Ronald Holzer                                  70,422

DC Investments, LLC                            140,845

Timothy S. Durham                              137,465

Paul Skjodt                                    140,845

Daniel S. Laikin                               503,211
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