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Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss has joined the Board of Directors of Roundtable, the Nasdaq-listed media operating system company, and will lead the formation of a European Press Coalition. Roundtable CEO James Heckman announced the appointment, saying Truss will focus on leveraging the company's media operating system to help high-quality journalism self-support. Truss served 14 years in British public life as Prime Minister, Parliamentarian, Foreign Secretary, International Trade Secretary and Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Roundtable said it has assembled an audience exceeding 100 million and a $100 million marketplace shared by dozens of premium media brands and hundreds of professional journalists, with Truss positioned to help curate and expand journalism within that ecosystem. The company describes itself as the world's only AI and DeFi-powered Enterprise Media Operating System, integrating distribution, publishing, monetization, community, syndication and DeFi payment operations.

Paradium.AI has signed a 10-year strategic platform agreement with RTB Digital, which operates as Roundtable, under which Roundtable will provide technology, monetization and operating services supporting Paradium.AI's portfolio of media brands while Paradium.AI retains ownership of its brands, domains, intellectual property and audiences. In a separate private transaction, Roundtable agreed to acquire Paradium.AI common stock from Simplify Inventions, Paradium.AI's largest shareholder, at $3.80 per share, leaving Roundtable with approximately 49.5% of Paradium.AI's outstanding common stock and Simplify with approximately 23.1%. That equity transaction will not involve the issuance of new Paradium.AI shares or result in proceeds to Paradium.AI, and Paradium.AI is not a party to it. Under the platform agreement, Roundtable will assume responsibility for a substantial amount of annual operating functions and costs currently borne by Paradium.AI, including certain product, engineering and monetization functions, will receive a percentage of revenue related to Paradium.AI's media brands hosted on Roundtable's platform, and will receive a worldwide, perpetual license to certain Paradium.AI technology assets, with Paradium.AI retaining ownership of the underlying intellectual property and receiving shares of Roundtable common stock subject to closing price conditions including Nasdaq minimum pricing requirements. The transactions remain subject to conditions precedent, including funding requirements to be satisfied by Roundtable, and are scheduled to close prior to the end of Q4 2026, with no assurance as to when the remaining conditions will be satisfied or the transactions completed.

Roundtable, trading on Nasdaq as RTB, announced a 10-year, $1 billion agreement with The Arena Group, now known as Paradium.AI and trading on the NYSE as PAAI, to migrate, operate and monetize Arena's premium media portfolio on Roundtable's AI and DeFi-powered MediaOS. Following deal closure, Roundtable forecasts a $100 million annualized revenue and an EBITDA-positive run rate on a stand-alone basis, with 100 million monthly consumers. Two dozen brands and nearly 100 million consumers will migrate to Roundtable's MediaOS, including TheStreet, Parade, Men's Journal, Athlon Sports, Autoblog and Powder, along with hundreds of professional journalists. The agreements are subject to Roundtable's minority investment in PAAI, $89 million in cash and stock for approximately 49% of PAAI, in a private transaction, and other conditions precedent, which include funding requirements to complete the transactions in the fourth quarter. The partnership reunites PAAI CEO Paul Edmondson with RTB founders James Heckman and Bill Sornsin, who were last teamed in 2020.

Roundtable CEO James Heckman rang the Nasdaq closing bell on Monday, marking the company's public debut and the launch of its AI/DeFi-powered enterprise media platform for premium media. The platform has completed beta network testing and already has millions of users across its network, with integration with Coinbase providing on-chain wallet support and USDC payment rails that enable publishers to be paid instantly when revenue is earned. The company expects meaningful users and revenue to begin in the fourth quarter. Heckman was joined by Chairman Walton Comer, CTO Eyal Hertzog, CFO Aly Madhavji, and COO Bill Sornsin at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square.

Roundtable, the AI/DeFi-powered Enterprise Media Platform, presented its technology to British media executives and journalists in London. Founders Eyal Hertzog and CEO James Heckman met with outlets including GB News, The Daily Mail, The Telegraph, and The Spectator, offering a platform to help the industry recover assets, IP, and audience. The event follows a tech partnership with journalist Mario Nawfal and integration with Coinbase for transparent cash flow. Heckman urged UK media to band together on a unified platform, citing pressure from tech monopolies and the need to preserve professional journalism.

Roundtable, the AI-powered and DeFi-enabled enterprise media platform, announced a comprehensive technology partnership with journalist Mario Nawfal, whose content generates more than 1 billion monthly video views. Under the deal, Roundtable will power Nawfal's non-social digital platform, marionawfal.com, including publishing, monetization, syndication and business operations through its fully integrated technology stack. Nawfal's exclusive long-form interviews with global leaders will be distributed on his own domain using Roundtable's Web3 platform, while his social media presence on X remains unchanged. Roundtable CEO James Heckman called Nawfal the perfect partner to unveil the features of the world's most powerful digital media platform.