---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-069171"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMTM"
cik: "0001568385"
company_name: "Bright Mountain Media, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T23:37:37.658694+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bright Mountain Media Q1 revenue up 14% to $14.2M; adjusted EBITDA turns positive at $816K

## Summary
- Revenue $14.2M (+14% YoY) driven by ad-tech division; gross margin $4.3M (+36% YoY).
- Net loss narrowed 32% to $3.2M from $4.8M in Q1 2024.
- Adjusted EBITDA improved to $816K vs -$1.1M in prior-year quarter.
- Segment revenue: consumer insights $7.0M, ad tech $4.2M, creative services $1.5M, media services $841K, digital publishing $583K.
- CEO cites operational leverage and premium publisher onboarding as growth drivers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-069171
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMTM
- cik: 0001568385
- company_name: Bright Mountain Media, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1568385/000095017025069171/0000950170-25-069171-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1568385/000095017025069171/bmtm-20250512.htm

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