Josh Schaeffer

Josh Schaeffer runs LunchMeet VHS in Physical media’s comeback. The episode presents him as a collector-preservation operator who publishes a magazine about videotape culture, buys rights to videotape-only films, and produces VHS reprints.

Schaeffer’s main contribution to the wiki is the social-history argument behind Analog Media Preservation. He treats VHS and Video Store Culture as evidence of what people made, watched, talked about, and encountered in physical stores before streaming made discovery more private and algorithmic.

Connections

• LunchMeet VHS - company and preservation vehicle.
• Physical Video Media Revival - market and cultural context.
• Analog Media Preservation - preservation concept supported by Schaeffer’s work.
• Video Store Culture - social-history frame in the episode.
• IP Ownership - rights acquisition behind tape reprints.