secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (DLPN)
CIK:        0001282224
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-12T20:58:44+00:00
Accession:  0001079973-26-001070
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Dolphin Q2 revenue up 2.5% to $14.4M; net loss widens to $1.6M
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- Revenue $14.4M (+2.5% YoY); H1 $27.2M (+3.8% YoY).
- Net loss $1.6M vs $1.4M; operating loss $1.0M vs $0.1M; adjusted EBITDA $243K vs $628K.
- EPS loss $(0.13) on 12.8M shares; cash $7.7M as of June 30, 2026.
- Q2 hit by $360K retention bonuses and ~$360K litigation costs; expects Q3 profit improvement.
- CEO expects to own >5% DLPN soon; NOLs ~$127M; bank debt maturity frees $2.2M annually.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282224/000107997326001070/0001079973-26-001070-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282224/000107997326001070/dlpn_8k-v2.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-26-001070

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