---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-037595"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMTM"
cik: "0001568385"
company_name: "Bright Mountain Media, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T21:49:13.347087+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bright Mountain Media appoints Ethan Rudin as CFO, replacing Miriam Martinez

## Summary
- Ethan Rudin named CFO effective Oct 18, 2023; base salary $325K, bonus up to 25%.
- Granted options to purchase 325K shares at $0.09/share, vesting over four years.
- Miriam Martinez transitions to principal financial officer for 60 days, then leave of absence.
- Mr. Rudin has prior CFO roles at Boundless Network, BuildDirect, Greenlane, and Napster.
- Severance of six months' base salary if terminated without cause; one-year non-compete.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-037595
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMTM
- cik: 0001568385
- company_name: Bright Mountain Media, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1568385/000149315223037595/0001493152-23-037595-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1568385/000149315223037595/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Miriam Martinez changed role as principal financial officer at Bright Mountain Media, Inc..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: principal financial officer
  source text: Miriam Martinez will be transitioning from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the principal financial officer of the Company, effective immediately (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1568385/000149315223037595/0001493152-23-037595-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ethan Rudin was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Bright Mountain Media, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 18, 2023, the Company announced the appointment of Ethan Rudin to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1568385/000149315223037595/0001493152-23-037595-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.