Form 4 ¨  Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response . . . 0.5

(Print or Type Responses)
1.	Name and Address of Reporting Person*
	Gleissner                         Michael                        J.G.
	(Last)                                                  (First)                                                 (Middle)
	Unit 601A Kinwicke Centre                 32 Hollywood Rd. Central
	(Street)
	Hong Kong
	(City)                                                  (State)                                                 (Zip)
2.	Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
	j2 Global Communications, Inc. (JCOM)
3.	I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4.	Statement for Month/Year
	8/02
5.	If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6.	Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
	¨  Director            x  10% Owner ¨  Officer (give title below)            ¨  Other (specify below)
7.	Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)             x  Form filed by One Reporting Person ¨  Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.	Title of Security (Instr. 3)
	Common
	Common
	Common
	Common
	Common
	Common
2.	Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)
	8/14/02
	8/15/02
	8/16/02
	8/19/02
	8/20/02
	8/27/02
3.	Transaction Code (Instr. 8)
		Code	V
		S
		S
		S
		S
		S
		S
4.	Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
		Amount                                             (A) or (D)	Price
		200                                             D	$20.00
		74,800                                        D	$20.7078
		19,279                                        D	$21.666
		105,000                                      D	$22.7552
		25,721                                        D	$22.8315
		800                                             D	$24.50
5.	Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 3 and 4)
		1,118,479
6.	Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
		D
7.	Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Table II — Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1.	Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)
2.	Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
3.	Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)
4.	Transaction Code (Instr. 8)
		Code	V
5.	Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
		(A)	(D)
6.	Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)
		Date Exercisable	Expiration Date
7.	Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)
		Title	Amount or Number of Shares
8.	Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)
9.	Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 4)
10.	Ownership Form of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 4)
11.	Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

/s/    Michael Gleissner	8/30/02
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

  * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

Last update: 07/31/2002