Lorimar Television#Home video

In the late 1960s, Lorimar Productions was founded with the aid of a bank loan of $185,000 from Adelson. Prior to Lorimar, Rich had an established reputation first as an advertising executive at Benton & Bowles, then as a television producer, co-producing (with Walter Mirisch) successful series such as The Rat Patrol.

Lorimar initially produced made-for-television movies for the ABC Movie of the Week. Rich bought the script to an adaptation of Earl Hamner Jr.'s novel The Homecoming and subsequently sold the rights to CBS. The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, airing during the 1971 holiday season, was a ratings success, and served as the pilot for Lorimar's first major hit, The Waltons, which premiered in 1972. Throughout the 1970s, Lorimar produced a number of hit shows, including Eight Is Enough; of these, the most popular by far was Dallas.{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times

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Lorimar's operations gradually expanded, first with a syndication unit.{{Cite news|date=1976-05-10|title=Closed Circuit|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-05-10-BC-OCR-Page-0007.pdf|access-date=2021-08-27}}{{Cite news|date=1978-03-06|title=(print ad)|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/78-OCR/1978-03-06-BC-OCR-Page-0098.pdf|access-date=2021-11-24}}{{Cite web|author=|date=2010-08-27|title=Denault was head of production at CBS, Lorimar TV|url=https://variety.com/2010/scene/news/denault-was-head-of-production-at-cbs-lorimar-tv-1118023383/|access-date=2021-11-25|website=Variety|language=en-US}} In late 1978, Lorimar Productions and United Artists (UA) entered into a partnership; UA distributed Lorimar-produced films, while Lorimar sought to adapt UA properties into television series. However, nothing would come of the latter, and UA's distribution deal with Lorimar ended in 1980.{{Cite news |date=October 16, 1978 |title=Lorimar, UA pact |pages=44 |work=Broadcasting Magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/78-OCR/1978-10-16-BC-OCR-Page-0044.pdf |access-date=September 8, 2023}} In 1980, Lorimar purchased the Allied Artists Pictures Corporation library.

In the 1984–85 season, three of the top 10 shows in the United States were produced by Lorimar; Dallas, Knots Landing, and Falcon Crest. In the mid-1980s, Lorimar's output swung toward family-friendly sitcoms; among these were The Hogan Family (initially titled Valerie), Perfect Strangers, and Full House, which were produced by Miller-Boyett Productions. 1985 saw a concerted effort to expand into the lucrative field of first-run syndication with the acquisition of Syndivision, whose rights include syndication of The Greatest American Hero and It's a Living, with ultimately-aborted plans to tape new episodes of the CBS game show Press Your Luck.{{Cite news|date=1985-06-05|title=Lorimar Goes Into the Firstrun Field; Picks Up 8 Series|page=42|work=Variety}}{{Cite news |date=October 7, 1985 |title=Syndication Marketplace |pages=42 |work=Broadcasting |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-10-07-OCR-Page-0042.pdf |access-date=November 20, 2023}}

In October 1985, Lorimar, as part of their first-run syndication expansion, announced it would merge with television syndication firm Telepictures, becoming Lorimar-Telepictures.{{Cite news |work=The Pittsburgh Press

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|last=Delugach |first=Al |title=Warner Completes Merger With Lorimar Telepictures

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|date=January 12, 1989 |access-date=October 23, 2010}} That same year Lorimar announced their intention to buy a 15% share in the then-financially troubled Warner Communications. On February 19, 1986, the Lorimar-Telepictures merger was completed and the company started trading on the New York Stock Exchange as "LT".{{Cite news|date=February 24, 1986|title=Bottom Line|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1986/BC-1986-02-24.pdf|access-date=October 25, 2021}} In 1986 they purchased the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studio lot in Culver City, as well as the Metrocolor laboratory from Ted Turner. L-T turned around and sold off the Metrocolor facility to Technicolor for $60 million.{{Cite news|last=Galbraith|first=Jane|date=1986-09-10|title=Technicolor Parent Partnered To Buy MGM Laboratories|page=3|work=Variety}} Around that same year, Rich left the company and moved to MGM.

In 1987, Lorimar-Telepictures's production arm became Lorimar Television and the L-T distribution business was rebranded as Lorimar Syndication.{{Cite news|date=1987-07-27|title=Fates & Fortunes|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/87-OCR/BC-1987-07-27-OCR-Page-0124.pdf|access-date=2021-08-28}} This was part of a strategy where the Lorimar name would be used as an operating name for all of L-T's business units.{{Cite news|date=1987-01-26|title=Syndication Marketplace|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/87-OCR/BC-1987-01-26-OCR-Page-0061.pdf|access-date=2021-10-26}} Plans were announced for a television series based on TV Guide magazine, but these plans did not come to fruition (TV Guide would come to television in 1999, when the Prevue Channel was rebranded as the TV Guide Channel).{{Cite news |date=1987-07-15 |title=Lorimar Cooks Up New Barter Ploy Over 'TV Guide' |pages=41, 54 |work=Variety}}

In June 1988, Lorimar was purchased by Warner Communications,{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=1989-01-12|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; Warner Merges With Lorimar|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/12/business/the-media-business-advertising-warner-merges-with-lorimar.html|access-date=2021-10-27|issn=0362-4331}} which in 1990 merged with Time Inc. to form Time Warner. Lorimar's distribution business was folded into Warner Bros. Television Distribution and became Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution; since then, the Telepictures name has been resurrected as both a production company (circa 1990), and once again as a syndication company (1995).

The former MGM studio lot was sold to Sony to house Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, and Sony's other operations towards the end of 1989 with the facilities renamed as Columbia Studios (now Sony Pictures Studios) at the beginning of 1990. In 1990, David Salzman left Lorimar to start Millennium Productions, an independent production company allied with Warner Bros.{{Cite news|date=1990-10-15|title=Salzman leaves Lorimar for Millennium|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/90-OCR/BC-1990-10-15-OCR-Page-0055.pdf|access-date=2021-08-31}} In 1991, after Orion Pictures shut down its television unit, Gary Nardino moved to Lorimar, taking some Orion-produced shows and talent deals (Thomas Carter, Robert Townsend, Paul Stojanovich, Clifton Campbell and Deborah Joy LeVine) with them.{{Cite news|date=1991-07-01|title=Nardino makes it official with Lorimar|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/91-OCR/BC-1991-07-01-OCR-Page-0030.pdf|access-date=2021-08-31}} In 1992, Barbara Corday, former CBS executive, struck a deal with the studio.{{Cite news|date=1992-02-10|title=Telepictures targets prime time and more|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/92-OCR/BC-1992-02-10-OCR-Page-0032.pdf|access-date=2021-09-15}}

Lorimar continued as a production company until September 1993, when it was eventually consolidated into Warner Bros. Television, primarily for economic reasons.{{Cite news |last=Lippman |first=John |date=1993-07-14 |title=Warner Bros. Consolidates TV Production: Hollywood: Leslie Moonves, who had been president of Lorimar, will head the studio's new division. |language=en-US |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-14-fi-12968-story.html |access-date=2018-01-03 |issn=0458-3035}} The last series to premiere under the Lorimar name was Time Trax, as part of the Prime Time Entertainment Network programming block. Several shows slated to be Lorimar productions, such as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Living Single, It Had to Be You, Café Americain, The Trouble with Larry, Against the Grain{{Cite web |last=Lowry |first=Brian |date=1993-05-26 |title=Lorimar rises in fall |url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/lorimar-rises-in-fall-107192/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} and Family Album ended up being produced by Warner Bros.{{Cite web|last1=Lowry|first1=Brian|date=1993-07-14|title=Moonves rises in WB combo|url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/moonves-rises-in-wb-combo-108670/|access-date=2021-08-13|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

Les Moonves, who would later become the chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation, was the president and CEO of Lorimar Television from 1990 to 1993. Moonves then became the chairman of Warner Bros. Television after the merger with Lorimar.

Additionally, Lorimar owned key components of the film library of the defunct Allied Artists film studio (originally Monogram Pictures), which includes Cabaret and Papillon; these, too, are now owned by Warner. After the merger with Telepictures, they also took possession of the Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment animation house, along with the post-1973 library of that company, including its entry into the 1980s animation market, ThunderCats, which ran until 1989; a Warner Bros. Animation-produced revival show aired on Cartoon Network for one season in 2011.

Lorimar was not restricted to producing television programs. They also sporadically produced theatrical motion pictures, most of which were originally distributed by other studios; these were produced under the banner of Lorimar Motion Pictures (or sometimes Lorimar Pictures). Lorimar's entrance into feature films was predominantly sanctioned by Adelson; Rich was vehemently against it. This asset was among the many factors that led to Rich's exit from the studio in 1986.

Lorimar ended their original distribution pact with United Artists in 1980, soon after purchasing the Allied Artists library, due mainly to dissatisfaction with UA's scattershot marketing of Lorimar productions. Subsequently, much of Lorimar's film output was distributed by either Universal or Paramount domestically. By late 1984, the entire unit began to ramp up operations, including a deal with Sidney Lumet to develop feature films.{{Cite news|date=1985-08-28|title=Lorimar Inks Lumet To Three-Year Pact|page=3|work=Variety}} In 1985, it entered into a partnership with Producers Sales Organization, handling worldwide sales, and 20th Century Fox, which took over North American distribution rights to many of its theatrical films.{{Cite news|date=1985-05-15|title=See Broad Implications in Lorimar-PSO Deal|page=7|work=Variety}}{{Cite news|date=1986-03-12|title=Lorimar Partnership Sales Climb; Five Name Films Put Into Hopper|page=7|work=Variety}} By 1986, Lorimar Motion Pictures had signed international distribution agreements with a joint venture of TCF and The Walt Disney Company called U.K. Film Distributors in the United Kingdom, France's UGC and German's Neue Constantin Film, along with Toho-Towa in Japan.{{Cite news|date=1986-05-21|title=Lorimar Finishes Scouting Distribs For Output Deals; Ink UGC, Neue|page=8|work=Variety}}

In January 1987, the film unit was renamed Lorimar Film Entertainment to coincide with its newly formed in-house distribution unit; this superseded the previous deal with Fox.Associated Press. "Movie Deal." Merced Sun-Star (January 17, 1987){{Cite news|last=Tusher|first=Will|date=1987-01-21|title=Lorimar going the distribution route; ends Fox pact; changes names|pages=3, 237|work=Variety}} That year, New Century/Vista Film Co., a joint venture of The Vista Organization and New Century Entertainment, struck a deal with Lorimar for international distribution.{{Cite news|last=Hollinger|first=Hy|date=1987-01-21|title=Vista, New Century Pics To Be Repped Overseas By Lorimar|pages=2, 237|work=Variety}} Several Vista productions were distributed by Lorimar, including Rented Lips, Pass the Ammo and Fright Night Part II.{{Cite news |date=1987-05-27 |title=Add 3 Features To Lorimar-Vista Pact |page=24 |work=Variety}} Lorimar also acquired international theatrical and other ancillary rights to Return of the Living Dead Part II.{{Cite news |date=1987-02-18 |title=Lorimar To Distrib Greenfox' 'Living Dead II', Public Offering |page=40 |work=Variety}}

In May 1987, Craig Bamgaurten, who had been with Lorimar Motion Pictures since 1984, announced that he would resign his post as president in December, and Peter Chernin took over as president of Lorimar Film Entertainment.{{Cite news |date=1987-05-27 |title=Baumgarten Exits Lorimar Prez Post; Chernin At Reins |pages=4, 32 |work=Variety}}

In 1988, following the announcement of L-T's merger with Warner Communications, Lorimar struck a new distribution deal with Warner Bros. This deal effectively ended Lorimar's in-house distribution wing.{{Cite web |date=27 June 1988 |title=In Brief |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-06-27-OCR-Page-0090.pdf |access-date=15 November 2023 |website=World Radio History}} The theatrical film library of Lorimar was subsequently folded into Warner Bros. Pictures.

Warner Bros. now owns most of Lorimar's catalogue, though a few films remained with their original distributors.

In 1984, Lorimar purchased Karl Video Corporation (KVC), the company behind the Jane Fonda's Workout exercise video series. Lorimar continued to license library product (primarily Allied Artists titles) to CBS/Fox Video (as well as sub-labels Key Video and Playhouse Video) for some time.

After the Lorimar buyout, Karl-Lorimar began to expand, first with a deal to distribute movies from Lorimar Motion Pictures.{{Cite news|date=1985-10-23|title=Karl/Lorimar Seeking To License Major Pics Via Cash From Parent|page=31|work=Variety}} Third-party distribution deals were struck with VCL Communications and De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, while laying groundwork for international expansion that saw Lorimar titles released in the UK through Guild Home Video and The Video Collection (the latter company handling children's titles, including titles from the Scholastic-Lorimar Home Video venture).{{Cite news|last=Bierbaum|first=Tom|date=1986-03-26|title=K/L To Distribute VCL Fare; De Laurentiis Pact Leads Label's Foray Into Rental Mkt.|page=45|work=Variety}}{{Cite news|last=Bierbaum|first=Tom|date=1986-04-23|title=Four Original Karl/Lorimar Films Scheduled For Release This Fall|page=33|work=Variety}}{{Cite news|date=1986-07-16|title=Karl/Lorimar Kidvid Distributed In U.K. By Video Collection|page=31|work=Variety}}{{Cite news|date=1986-10-15|title=Lorimar Pitches Alternative Fare For O'seas Sales, Sponsor Tie-Ins|pages=49, 108|work=Variety}}

In late 1986, a new broadcast-style home video branding, "KLV-TV" (advertised as being "Your Personal Network") was introduced.{{Cite news|date=1986-08-27|title=Karl/Lorimar Repositions Its Line Via 'Fourth-Net' Marketing Pitch|page=31|work=Variety}} Other areas of growth included Karl-Lorimar's distribution of the Shades of Love direct-to-video romance series (in cooperation with Canada's Astral Film Enterprises){{Cite news|last=Bierbaum|first=Tom|date=1986-11-26|title=Karl/Lorimar To Woo Romantics With 'Shades Of Love' Cassettes|page=41|work=Variety}} and Jazzvisions, featuring jazz concerts from Herbie Hancock, Antonio Carlos Jobim, John Scofield, George Duke, Tito Puente and Etta James, as well as a big-band jazz production of Porgy and Bess.{{Cite news|date=1986-12-03|title=K/L To Coproduce HV Jazz Concerts|pages=38, 40|work=Variety}}

By early 1987, while the company's expansion (including a deal with international film distributor Cinecom Entertainment Group){{Cite news|date=1987-03-11|title=K/L Snags Cinecom Seven-Pack Via Sweetened Fee Agreement|page=91|work=Variety}} continued, the relationship between Lorimar and Karl had turned sour, primarily thanks to the division racking up financial losses from failed experiments; as a result, Karl resigned in March 1987 due to violating the company's ethical guidelines.{{Cite news|last=Bierbaum|first=Tom|date=1987-03-18|title=Karl Exits From Firm He Started After L-T Charges Ethics Breath|pages=71–72|work=Variety}} Karl-Lorimar continued to exist under the name Lorimar Home Video, with a new push intended for Lorimar theatrical releases; however, this wouldn't last long, as Lorimar Home Video closed in 1989 following the Warner merger, and was folded into Warner Home Video.{{Cite news |date=1987-06-03 |title=Gottlieb Named As CEO Of Lorimar; Theatrical Push Is In The Works |page=59 |work=Variety}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cedmagic.com/mem/whos-who/karl-stuart.html|title=Stuart Karl – Who's Who in RCA VideoDisc|last=Howe|first=Tom|website=www.cedmagic.com|access-date=2018-01-03}}{{Cite web |date=27 June 1988 |title=Mergers |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-06-27-OCR-Page-0024.pdf |access-date=15 November 2023 |website=World Radio History}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/07/business/troubled-entrepreneur-stuart-karl-from-fonda-and-hart-to-flops-and-hot-water.html|title=TROUBLED ENTREPRENEUR: Stuart Karl; From Fonda and Hart To Flops and Hot Water|last=Stevenson|first=Richard W.|date=1988-02-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

In Australia, Lorimar joined a venture with Village Roadshow to create Roadshow Lorimar Home Video, which distributed movie titles by Lorimar Motion Pictures in that country.

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In 1979, Lorimar formed Lorimar Records, whose first release was the soundtrack to the film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh. The label would have very few artists signed to it. It was mainly distributed by Columbia Records, but it was also distributed for one album from The Coyote Sisters by Motown via the Morocco subsidiary. Lorimar Records' final release was the soundtrack to Action Jackson (1988), which in that case was distributed by Atlantic Records.{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/50703-Lorimar-Records|title = Lorimar Records|website = Discogs}}

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Lorimar also expanded into advertising during the 1980s;{{cite news |author=Todd S. Purdum |date=September 11, 1985 |title=Operating Officer Resigns at Lorimar |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/11/business/business-people-operating-officer-resigns-at-lorimar.html}} it first acquired Kenyon & Eckhardt, an advertising agency, in 1983.{{cite news |date=March 31, 1989 |title=Bozell Jacobs Trims Its Name |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/31/business/the-media-business-advertising-bozell-jacobs-trims-its-name.html}} It then acquired Bozell Jacobs in 1985, and merged it with Kenyon to form Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt.{{cite news |date=June 13, 1985 |title=Firm to Pay $40 Million for Ad Agency : Lorimar Will Buy Bozell Jacobs |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-06-13-fi-10736-story.html}}{{cite news |date=June 13, 1985 |title=Lorimar To Acquire Bozell |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/13/business/advertising-lorimar-to-acquire-bozell.html}} The firm was renamed to Bozell Worldwide in 1992.{{cite news |author=Stuart Elliott |date=May 27, 1992 |title=A Shake-Up For Bozell |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/27/business/the-media-business-advertising-a-shake-up-for-bozell.html |quote=will be consolidated into one, called Bozell Worldwide.}}

Lorimar's TV productions included:{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times

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|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/25/arts/networks-face-a-drop-in-viewing-by-children.html

|title=Networks Face a Drop In Viewing by Children

|date=May 25, 1988}}

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• The Good Life (with Screen Gems, 1971–1972)
• The Waltons (1972–1981)
• Doc Elliot (1973-1974)
• Apple's Way (1974–1975)
• The Runaways (TV film, 1975)
• Sybil (TV film, 1976)
• Helter Skelter (TV miniseries, 1976)
• Eight Is Enough (1977–1981)
• Killer on Board (TV film, 1977)
• Dallas (1978–1991)
• A Question of Guilt (TV film, 1978)
• Kaz (1978–1979)
• The Waverly Wonders (1978)
• Knots Landing (1979–1993)
• Skag (1980)
• Flamingo Road (1980–1982)
• Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
• King's Crossing (1982)
• Boone (1983)
• Just Our Luck (1983)
• Dream House (November 1983-June 1984; Group W Productions produced from April to November 1983)
• Lace (1984)
• Hunter (1984–1991, distribution only until 1988)
• Christopher Columbus (TV miniseries, 1985)
• ThunderCats (1985–1989)
• Gulag (1985; co-produced by HBO)
• SilverHawks (1986)
• Act of Vengeance (1986; co-produced by HBO)
• Love Connection (1986–1993; co-produced by Lorimar Television and distributed by Warner Bros. Television, 1989–1993)
• Mama's Family (1986–1990 version, 1986–1989 distribution only)
• ALF (1986–1990)
• Valerie/The Hogan Family (1986–1991)
• Perfect Strangers (1986–1993)
• The People's Court (1986–1989; distributed by Warner Bros. Television 1989–1993)
• Our House (1986–1988)
• Better Days (1986)
• She's the Sheriff (1987)
• The Comic Strip (1987)
• Max Headroom (1987)
• Full House (1987–1993)
• Spies (1987)
• Gumby (1988)
• Midnight Caller (1988–1991)
• Aaron's Way (1988)
• Paradise (1988–1991)
• Freddy's Nightmares (1988–1990)
• Studio 5-B (1989)
• Nearly Departed (1989)
• I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989)
• The People Next Door (1989)
• Island Son (1989–1990)
• Family Matters (1989–1993)
• The Family Man (1990–1991)
• Gabriel's Fire (1990–1991)
• Stephen King's It (TV mini-series, 1990)
• D.E.A. (1990)
• Going Places (1990–1991)
• Doublecrossed (1991; co-production with HBO)
• Dark Justice (1991–1993)
• Reasonable Doubts (1991–1993)
• Sisters (1991–1993)
• Homefront (1991–1993)
• I'll Fly Away (1991–1993)
• Step by Step (1991–1993)
• O Pioneers! (TV film, 1992)
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992)
• To Grandmother's House We Go (TV film, 1992)
• Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992–1993)
• The Jackie Thomas Show (1992–1993)
• Time Trax (1993)
• Getting By (1993)
• It Had to Be You (1993)
• Island City (TV film, 1994)

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Most of Lorimar's film and television library,{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/arts/television/lee-rich-a-founder-of-lorimar-productions-dies.html

|title=Lee Rich Dies at 93; Helped Create Both J.R. and John-Boy

|author=Paul Vitello |date=May 30, 2012}} with several exceptions, is now owned by Warner Bros. Several of Lorimar's films are still owned by their original distributors or third parties, which are marked with an asterisk (*).

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