Bright Mountain Media, Inc. announced Matt Drinkwater, a respected global digital media executive, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Kip Speyer will continue to serve as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors. Matt Drinkwater is a digital executive with extensive, progressively advancing leadership experience at iconic high-tech brands including Buzzfeed, Twitter, Groupon, Yahoo, AOL and Lycos. He consistently demonstrated his agility in working across publishing, platform, format and AdTech mediums, collaborating with diverse domestic and international stakeholders. Most recently he served as Senior Vice President at BuzzFeed. Matt previously served as Head of Twitter’s Global Online Sales in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Before joining Twitter, Matt’s influential roles included Vice President at Groupon, Senior Director of Sales at Yahoo, and Regional Sales Director at AOL.