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Namesakes depart, but indie studio continues doing deals
Carsey-Werner Domestic Distribution President Jim Kraus has been letting the world know, one phone call at a time, that the high-profile distribution outfit he leads is still in business. He began fielding calls from confused customers in June, when news broke that producers Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner would shutter production for everything but Fox's That '70s Show at the last of the major independent TV studios to handle all production and distribution functions.
Carsey-Werner was keeping its distribution and feature-film divisions intact, but that seemed like an afterthought. Headlines screamed that the studio behind such mega-hits as The Cosby Show and Roseanne was conceding defeat at the hands of media giants.
In statements, Carsey left open the possibility...