secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (DLPN)
CIK:        0001282224
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-12T20:32:23+00:00
Accession:  0001079973-26-000641
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Dolphin Entertainment Q1 revenue up 5.2% to $12.8M; net loss $2.7M, adj EBITDA loss improves 25%
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- Revenue $12.8M (+5.2% YoY); net loss $2.7M ($0.22 loss per share).
- Adjusted EBITDA loss -$467k, improved 25% from -$625k in Q1 2025.
- Operating loss $2.1M vs $1.8M prior year; includes $0.7M one-time guarantee and $0.2M litigation costs.
- NOL carryforwards $127M; debt maturity in ~2.5 years frees $2.2M annual payments; lease savings $1M by H2 2027.
- New partnerships: DealMaker for community capital; Copper Books/Simon & Schuster for premium book publishing.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282224/000107997326000641/0001079973-26-000641-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282224/000107997326000641/dlpn_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-26-000641

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