BOCA RATON, FL / ACCESSWIRE / October 18, 2016 / Bright Mountain Media, Inc., (www.brightmountainmedia.com) (BMTM), a digital media holding company for online assets primarily targeted to the military and public safety sectors, today announced that the Company achieved record visitor traffic to its website properties of over 15 million in Q3 2016, up 20% from 12.5 million recorded in Q3 2015.

W. Kip Speyer, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Bright Mountain Media, Inc., commented, “High quality, value-added content, shared amongst our websites, social media platforms, and content distributors, continues to be a growth driver for us in both viewership and revenue. Thanks to our entire team, partner and advertising networks, shareholders and viewers, the third quarter 2016 was undoubtedly, a success. We set another company record – surpassing over 15 million monthly visitors to our website properties – a significant milestone for a company of our age. Moving forward, our growth strategy will remain steadfast and focus on content creation and quality assurance, portfolio expansion, and growth in visitor traffic. More details on the three months ended September 30, 2016 will be shared once our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q has been filed with Securities and Exchange Commission.”

To view the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2016 on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, click here or visit www.brightmountainmedia.com.

About Bright Mountain Media

Bright Mountain Media, Inc. (BMTM) is an owner, acquirer and manager of customized websites for military and public safety audiences. We are dedicated to providing “those that keep us safe” places to go online where they can do everything from stay current on news and events affecting them to look for jobs, share information, communicate with the public and more. For more information, please visit us at https://www.brightmountainmedia.com/.

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