Verbatim Media is a full-service media management and strategy firm for emerging outlets, digital channels, creators, and public figures who are serious about growing an audience and bringing a fresh perspective to today’s news, politics, and opinion landscape. We provide liberal and left-leaning creators with the backend needed to thrive in today’s evolving digital media environment.

We operate as an embedded partner—functioning as an executive producer, talent booker, business team, and strategic advisor all in one. For top-tier clients, that includes daily editorial involvement, dedicated production and editing support, and on-demand access to a rolodex spanning new media’s most influential players and legacy outlets alike. Whether the need is a high-profile guest booked on short notice, a narrative crisis contained, or a ghostwritten book, Verbatim delivers with discretion and speed.

We bring platform-specific monetization expertise across YouTube, Substack, X, Twitch, and beyond. Every platform has its own audience dynamics, revenue mechanics, and growth levers—and most talent leaves real money on the table by treating them the same. Verbatim handles the strategy, the business development, and the production infrastructure, so clients can focus entirely on what they do best: making resonant content.

Peter Rothpletz is the founder and CEO of Verbatim Media. A media jack of all trades, his political commentary has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Guardian, MSNOW, The Hill, and The Bulwark. He helmed the launch of the “First Draft” morning newsletter for Mehdi Hasan’s ascendant new media company, Zeteo, and served as the Senior Writer and producer for the Don Lemon Show. There, he helped the veteran news anchor amass some 1.3 million YouTube subscribers in just over 2 years.

Previously, Rothpletz was a producer and monologue writer for Hasan at MSNOW, and producer at CBS News. A graduate of Yale College, he was the Yale Daily News’s first presidential campaign reporter during the summer of 2016.

A prolific presence on X, his handle @petertwinklage draws regular citation in Mediaite, BuzzFeed, The Wrap, Raw Story, and other media-focused outlets. He maintains over 33,000 followers.

Bennett Khurana Byerley oversees business operations and finance at Verbatim Media. Previously, Bennett co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer at Verb Energy, Inc., a food and beverage brand making caffeinated protein and energy bars with healthy, clean ingredients. Founded during his undergraduate years, the company, acquired in 2025, grew to be a leading food & beverage startup with a nationwide presence.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale College and a masters in Sustainability Management from Columbia University, where he volunteered with the Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization Model Law Project to streamline state climate legislation. Originally from North Carolina, he lives in New York, NY.

Alex Bronzini-Vender is an intern at Verbatim Media. A junior at Harvard College, his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, New York, POLITICO Magazine, The Baffler, and elsewhere.

He posts from @alexbronzini on X, where he maintains over 9,000 followers. He lives in New York, NY.

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