LA Times Studios and S4 Capital’s Monks to Host Networking Lounge at CES 2026

The lounge will bring together industry leaders and brand innovators, January 7-8, 2026

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LA Times Studios, a Los Angeles Times Media Group (LATMG) company, in partnership with Monks, the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc, will host an exclusive networking lounge during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2026) in Las Vegas, January 7-8.

Located in the CES Foundry area at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, the LA Times Studios and Monks lounge will serve as a dedicated space for industry leaders and visionaries to unite. Whether attendees are discussing a strategic partnership or simply seeking a quiet area to connect with peers, the space will be the destination for meaningful conversations.

“CES is where breakthrough ideas meet the people bold enough to build them,” said Anna Magzanyan, president of LA Times Studios. “Partnering with Monks allows us to create a space where leaders can slow down, connect with intention, and turn conversation into opportunity, not just for this week, but for the year ahead.”

“Real innovation requires real connection,” added Mamou Kilambi-Mbakwe, associate director of brand marketing at Monks. “We are proud to partner with LA Times Studios to provide a dedicated hub at CES where the industry’s most influential voices can collaborate and shape the narrative for the year ahead.”

Each day, LA Times Studios and Monks will host leading executives and innovators for interviews, broadcast over LA Times Studios Streaming, available on the Los Angeles Times homepage and the LA Times Studios YouTube channel. Programming will also feature select CES keynotes and conference sessions, along with tours of show-floor exhibits. The lounge will feature a comfortable area for informal networking, complimentary coffee and snacks, and opportunities to learn more about investment initiatives within the new Los Angeles Times Media Group (LATMG).

Additionally, on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 4 p.m., Commonwealth Fusion Systems will host a comedy show and happy hour in the lounge. “Hot Takes on Fusion: A Comedy Show” will feature comedians The Sklar Brothers, alongside CFS director of tokamak operations Alex Creely, and Tammy Ma, director of the Livermore Institute for Fusion Technology at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Learn more about CES Foundry here. Keep up with LA Times Studios business content and events here, on LinkedIn, X and Instagram. More about LATMG here. Find Monks on LinkedIn, Instagram and Monks.com.

About LA Times Studios

LA Times Studios is a multiplatform content studio that produces a wide range of critically acclaimed audio, video, and live event projects. Operated independently from the Los Angeles Times newsroom, LA Times Studios collaborates with a variety of internal and external partners on branded partnerships, event production, advertising innovation and original content development. With a strong focus on storytelling, LA Times Studios creates impactful, audience-driven content across diverse media formats.

About Los Angeles Times Media Group (LATMG)

LA Times Media Group is building the media company of the future with Four Brands, One Engine: the Los Angeles Times, our foundation of 144 years of independent journalism and a one-of-a-kind archive; LA Times Studios, which turns content into premium digital publishing, podcasts, streaming, and live forums; NantStudios, delivering real-time virtual production on flexible LED stages for cinematic content at speed and scale; and NantGames, which creates nationality-based esports events and interactive worlds that connect global communities. Together, these four synchronized brands expand LATMG from a legacy newspaper into a modern, technology-powered media platform where stories move fluidly across screens, stages, and games, and audiences can engage, participate, and ultimately become owners of what’s next.

About Monks

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions’ Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-24) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.

About S4 Capital

S4Capital plc (SFOR.L) is the tech-led, new age/new era digital advertising, marketing and technology services company, established by Sir Martin Sorrell in May 2018.

Our strategy is to build a purely digital advertising and marketing services business for global, multinational, regional, and local clients, and millennial-driven influencer brands. This will be achieved by integrating leading businesses in two synchronised Practices: Marketing Services and Technology services, along with an emphasis on ‘faster, better, cheaper, more’ execution in an always-on consumer-led environment, with a unitary structure.

The Company now has approximately 6,500 people in 33 countries with approximately 80% of net revenue across the Americas, 15% across Europe, the Middle East and Africa and 5% across Asia-Pacific. The longer-term objective is a geographic split of 60%:20%:20%. Marketing Services accounted for approximately 90% of net revenue, and Technology Services 10%. The longer term objective is a practice split of 75%:25%.

Sir Martin was CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million ‘shell’ company in 1985 into the world’s largest advertising and marketing services company, with a market capitalisation of over £16 billion on the day he left. Prior to that Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi Company Plc for nine years.

Contacts

Media Contacts
LATMG:
Jen@latimes.com

LA Times Communications:
Vanessa Curwen

vanessa.curwen@latimes.com