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Bored? 

Don’t burn your eyes out just looking at the online want ads…Spend some of your free time blogging!  Seriously! I mean - could you do a WORSE job then me?

 Go HERE to find out why you best get online!   

Like QUEEN said, “Another one bites the dust!”  

PC Magazine will be moving its entire publishing strategy to ONLINE only.  The popular mag built a strong reputation for the quality of its reviews and advice to tech buyers, but will NOW only be available via digital delivery starting in February.

Along with that announcement, Ziff Davis Media, the magazine’s publisher, has renamed PC Magazine Network as PC Magazine Digital Network. Its flagship site, PCMag.com, reached more than 7 million unique monthly visitors — or 10 times greater than the circulation of the print edition, the company said.

Built around content, the PC Magazine Digital Network also enables brands to position themselves while driving measurable response results through innovative techniques. One of those includes audience targeting via Yahoo-branded properties.

Armani

Which art in Hermes

Hallowed by thy fame.

 Thy Cartier watch

My Prada bag

On Rodeo

As it is in Tiffany’s.

 Give us this day our Visa Gold

And forgive us our overdraft

As we forgive those who decline our credit line.

 Lead us not into J.C. Penney

And deliver us from Sears

For thine is the Chanel, the Gaultier and the Versace.

 For Dolce and Gabbana.Amex.

A huge “HAPPY HANNUKAH!” to all the choosen who read Mattopoly!  We hope you and your family enjoy this holiday season! Here is a little treat from one of our naughty Hebrew interns!

Yesterday, GFN was one of the lucky group of cutting edge websites and media outlets invited to a special breakfast meeting with Dreamworks SKG founder Jeffrey Katzenberg.  Jeff, as he asked we call him, was in town stumping up support for the new line of 3D movies Dreamworks will be distributing.  Along with a stirring speech (and donuts) the assembled press got to see three incredible clips from the upcoming Monsters Vs. Aliens movie - ALL IN 3D.  Katzenberg and Dreamworks are banking a lot of hot R&D money that America will be returning to the cinemaplexes for 3D fare….And they may be right from the clips I saw. 

My friend Steve over at Newsarama.com wrote a very interesting recount of the event, I suggest you check it out….HERE!

If your like me, and had all your liquid assets in a pillowcase buried in your back yard,; then you should be taking advantage of the new lows our stockmarket has sunk to. It’s a blue light special on stocks!  But if your also like me, you have no clue what your doing… I would ask the gang here at GFN - but they having been spending a considerable ammount of time in the bathrooms crying…… I am learning all about the mysteries of the stock market by following that same advice, with WeSeed.com

Run out of the Chicago Board Of Trade and co-founded by an Oprah-approved expert, Seed’s a fantasy trading site that hopes to stimulate interest in the market by encouraging you to to learn without blowing your hard-earned retirement portfolio. Armed with $10k in funny money, you can seek companies that match your interests via 16 categories, or go manual with the “Search Passionsâ€� tool and type in anything that tickles your fancy.   I’m already making a killing!  A killing!  Next week, I’m entering the real market. Look for me boys!

Porn princess Christie Hefner is out of a job!   The Playboy CEO said Monday that she’ll step down next month after more than 23 years at the company her daddy founded.

Playboy,  has faced a tough environment and recently reduced annual costs by $12 million and shed about 80 positions. A decline in ad spending led the company to a $5.2 million loss in the third quarter, and the company said it would go out of the DVD business, as well as consolidate its West Coast offices.

 In an appearance on CNBC yesterday, Hefner said she “wouldn’t be able to step down if the company weren’t in such strong shape.�

“Playboy Enterprises Inc. has literally and figuratively been my life and career for more than 30 years,â€� Hefner said. “I have had a remarkable career with Playboy. I never expected to go into the family business, much less to stay here this long, but I have enjoyed the challenges and opportunities the past decades have presented.”

Rumors swirl that Hefner, a HUGE Obama-Mama, will be taking a position in the President-elect’s cabinet.  But, the GFN braintrust thinks she should stay local!  With today’s hot-n-juicy state scandal in Illinois, we need Hefner in the Midwest.   Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich & his chief of staff have been arrested on federal charges, according to the US attorney’s office in Chicago.  So not only is Obama’s seat OPEN, but looks like they will need a new Governor! 

Hefner has been running a multi-billion dollar empire for 23 years.  You think Hef has been involved? Honestly? He can’t see past the blonde on his shoulder.  Christie is a gifted, liberal, and unique executive.  I say snatch (ha! pun!) the lady up! 

The Great American Real Estate Bust has begun to effect our celebrities!  Dear God No! 

American Idol winner Fantasia is about to get kicked out of her Charlotte, North Carolina home! Fantasia’s 6-bedroom manse has been foreclosed on and will be auctioned off on January 12th, unless she can come up with the cash to save it.  What happen to those reality TV bucks?  Couldn’t she rent out a room?  Try Craigslist Fanty!  

Fantasia bought the place back in ‘07 for $1.3 million.

Read more HERE… 

A  holiday heads up if you tend to give gift cards around the yueltide season…Be careful that the cards will be honored after the holidays! Many retailers are planning to close after Christmas, but are still selling the cards
through the holidays even though the cards will be worthless January 1. Clever!  There is no law preventing them from doing this, on the contrary, it is referred to as ‘Bankruptcy Planning. Below is a partial list of stores
that you need to be cautious about.

Circuit City (filed Chapter 11)
Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide closing
Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine’s to close 150 stores nationwide  (OH DEAR GOD NO!)
Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January
Cache will close ALL STORES
Talbots closing down specialty stores
J. Jill closing all stores (owned by Talbots)
Pacific Sunwear (also owned by Talbots)
GAP closing 85 stores  
Footlocker closing 140 stores, with more to close after January
Wickes Furniture closing down
Levitz closing down remaining stores
Bombay closing remaining stores
Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January
Whitehall closing all stores
Piercing Pagoda closing all stores
Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January.
Home Depot closing 15 stores  Macys to close 9 stores after January
Linens and Things closing all stores
Movie Galley Closing all stores
Pep Boys Closing 33 stores
Sprint/Nextel closing 133 stores
JC Penney closing a number of stores after January
Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores.
Wilson Leather closing down all stores
Sharper Image closing down all stores
K B Toys closing 356 stores
Lowes to close down some stores
Dillard’s to close some stores

I urge you to sing the petition to re-open Califronia’s Proposition 8. 

Click HERE to fight injustice