Andy Beach's Engines of Change

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September 2026

Half a Remedy
In 1948 the government split Paramount from its theaters and banned block booking. In 2026 it kept the ban and skipped the split.
 • Andy Beach
The Revocation List
Legitimacy, Part I
 • Andy Beach
Our IBC 2026 Analysis
Fewer buyers, one correction, and a question of timing
 • Andy Beach and Lorenzo Zanni
Everything Is Replaceable
Ten months passed between successful playback and the old packager being switched off
 • Andy Beach
The Supplier Inside Your Supplier
Last time I argued that a foundation model is a supplier whenever its output goes into something you deliver, and that since the model makers will not…
 • David Sugg
The Model Is a Supplier
A foundation model is a supplier, and most media companies are not managing it as one.
 • David Sugg
Who Issues the Proof
Apple, the IBC engineers, Katzenberg and the labels agree on the layer and split on who holds the key
 • Andy Beach
One Use at a Time
Twenty thousand titles, one grant
 • Andy Beach
Tenants at the Frontier
Anthropic gates Mythos, OpenAI drops Cursor, the DOJ backs fair use. Media owns the archive and rents the machine.
 • Andy Beach

August 2026

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