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Lorimar-Telepictures

Logo: Lorimar-Telepictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American entertainment company

Lorimar-Telepictures Corporation, Inc. was an American entertainment company established in 1985 with the merger of Lorimar Productions, Inc. and Telepictures Corporation. Headquartered at the former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (now Sony Pictures Studios) in Culver City, California, its assets included television production and syndication (which operated under the Lorimar-Telepictures name), feature films, home video, and broadcasting.2 It is part of Warner Communications.1 It ceased to exist in 1989.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Apr 21, 1986Founded1
  • Industryentertainment1
  • HeadquartersCulver City1
  • Founded inCulver City1

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Lorimar-Telepictures Corporation, Inc. was an American entertainment company established in 1985 with the merger of Lorimar Productions, Inc. and Telepictures Corporation. Headquartered at the former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (now Sony Pictures Studios) in Culver City, California, its assets included television production and syndication (which operated under the Lorimar-Telepictures name), feature films, home video, and broadcasting.2

Corporate structure

Lorimar-Telepictures is part of a group headed by Warner Communications. 89 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Lorimar-Telepictures reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

The merger of Lorimar-Telepictures was announced on October 7, 1985, by Merv Adelson. On February 19, 1986, the merger was complete. Lee Rich, one of the other founders of Lorimar, sold his shares in 1986 and left the company.

In 1987, Lorimar-Telepictures decided to launch separate divisions with brand logos, which are Lorimar Television for network television production, Lorimar Syndication for broadcast and off-net syndication, and Lorimar International for television distribution, with Lorimar-Telepictures being the parent company of the groups. Both had used Lorimar as operating names starting on January 19, 1987. It is reported that Robert Rosenbaum was named vice president of production at the Lorimar Television unit. Also that year, it faced a $21.7 million loss from the studio.

In June 1988, Warner Communications merged with Lorimar-Telepictures after buying the company.

From Wikipedia’s article on Lorimar-Telepictures, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1986Acquired Telepictures1
  2. 1985Acquired Lorimar Television1
  3. Succeeded Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution1
  4. Succeeded Warner Communications1

Timeline

  1. Jan 11, 1989Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Apr 21, 1986Founded Founded in Culver City1

Sources

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