SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 30, 2009

Lateral Media, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
333-136806
98-0539032
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)
  
Identification No.)

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2550
Los Angeles, CA 90067

(Address of principal executive
offices including zip code)

(310) 601-2500

(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)


 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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ITEM 1.01.  ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT. 
 
On April 30, 2009, Lateral Media, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (“Amendment No. 4”) to that certain letter agreement with Trinad Capital Master Fund, Ltd. (“Trinad”), dated as of July 11, 2007, as subsequently amended on November 15, 2007, April 18, 2008 and August 1, 2008 (the “Loan Agreement”). Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, Trinad agreed to provide a loan to the Company in the principal amount of $750,000, as disclosed in those Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 17, 2007, November 15, 2007, April 24, 2008, and August 7, 2008, which are incorporated herein by reference. Pursuant to Amendment No. 4, the Company and Trinad agreed to (i) increase the principal amount of the loan (the “Loan”) to up to $1,000,000 and (ii) provide that the entire outstanding principal amount of the Loan and any accrued interest thereon shall be due and payable by the Company upon, and not prior to, the consummation of a sale of securities (other than a sale of shares of the Company’s common stock to officers, directors or employees of, or consultants to, the Company in connection with their services to the Company), to a third party or parties with proceeds to the Company of not less than $1,250,000.  The foregoing description of Amendment No.4 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Amendment No.4, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
 

ITEM 2.03. CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT.

The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.


ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d) Exhibits

     
Exhibit No.
  
Exhibit
 10.1
  
Amendment No. 4 to the Loan Agreement, by and between Lateral Media, Inc. and Trinad Capital Master Fund, Ltd., dated as of April 30, 2009.
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Date: May 6, 2009
 
LATERAL MEDIA, INC.
  
     
       
 
By:
/s/ Jeffrey Schwartz
  
 
Name:
Jeffrey Schwartz
  
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer