---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-029389"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMTM"
cik: "0001568385"
company_name: "Bright Mountain Media, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T11:03:57.175130+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bright Mountain Media Q2 revenue up 121% to $12.6M; net loss widens to $6.1M

## Summary
- Revenue of $12.6M for Q2 2023, up 121% from $5.7M in Q2 2022, driven by Big Village acquisition.
- Net loss of $6.1M compared to $1.5M loss in prior year; adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.9M vs $39K positive.
- Advertising technology revenue $11.2M; digital publishing contributed $1.4M in Q2 2023.
- General and administrative expense rose 114% to $7.4M, primarily from Big Village acquisition costs.
- Big Village acquisition closed April 20, 2023; management expects cross-selling opportunities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-029389
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMTM
- cik: 0001568385
- company_name: Bright Mountain Media, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1568385/000162828023029389/0001628280-23-029389-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1568385/000162828023029389/bmm-20230814.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-029389.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Bright Mountain Media, Inc. reported financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.
  - Period: the three and six months ended June 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On August 14, 2023, Bright Mountain Media, Inc, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its financial results for its second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1568385/000162828023029389/0001628280-23-029389-index.htm

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