UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 14, 2022

Bright Mountain Media, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 561-998-2440

not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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On January 14, 2022, Bright Mountain Media, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Matthew Drinkwater, the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer to our Board of Directors.

Mr. Drinkwater, 48, is a digital executive with extensive, progressively advancing leadership experience at iconic high tech brands. From 2017 to the present, he served as the Senior Vice President, International for BuzzFeed. He also was in Agency Development and Global Accounts at Twitter from 2015 to 2017 and head of Twitter’s Global Online Sales in San Paolo, Brazil from 2013 through 2015. Mr. Drinkwater served as Vice President of Groupon East Coast from 2011 to 2013 and, Senior Director of Sales, New England and Canada at Yahoo from 2009 to 2011. Mr. Drinkwater holds a B.A. in Economics from College of the Holy Cross.

His employment contract’s term is for 3 years. The annual base salary is for $250,000 and he has a discretionary bonus target equivalent to 100% of his base salary subject to achievement of performance metrics. Lastly, he was granted 500,000 options of the Company’s common stock, which will vest at a rate of 25% per year beginning, December 1, 2021. For more information, please see the employment agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K on December 17, 2021.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.