---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001079973-25-001266"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLPN"
cik: "0001282224"
company_name: "Dolphin Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T13:52:50.307602+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dolphin Q2 revenue $14.1M (+23% YoY); loss narrows; CEO buys >1% of shares

## Summary
- Revenue $14.1M, up 23% from $11.4M YoY; operating loss narrowed to $57K from $1.1M.
- Adjusted operating income turned positive at ~$0.6M vs -$0.1M in Q2 2024.
- Net loss $1.4M ($0.13 EPS) vs $1.6M ($0.33) YoY; weighted avg shares ~11.2M.
- CEO Bill O'Dowd purchased >1% of outstanding shares since April 2025 under 10b5-1 plan.
- Film 'Youngblood' selected for 2025 Toronto International Film Festival premiere.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001079973-25-001266
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLPN
- cik: 0001282224
- company_name: Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282224/000107997325001266/0001079973-25-001266-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282224/000107997325001266/dlpn_8k.htm

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