Dolphin Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: DLPN) is an entertainment marketing and public relations company that provides strategic publicity and marketing services across film, television, music, gaming, culinary, hospitality, lifestyle, and non-profit industries. Revenue is generated through monthly retainer fees and project-based campaign fees charged to individual talent and corporate clients across its portfolio of agencies. The company operates through six subsidiaries: 42West (film, television, gaming PR), The Door (culinary, hospitality, lifestyle PR), Shore Fire Media (music PR), Elle Communications (impact and non-profit PR), The Digital Dept. (influencer marketing and talent management), and Special Projects Media. The Digital Dept. represents over 300 individual influencer talent as of the 10-K filed 2026-03-27. Dolphin also retains a legacy content production business, Dolphin Films, which has produced feature films and digital series targeting family and young adult audiences. The company is headquartered in the United States, trades on The Nasdaq Capital Market, and is led by CEO Bill O'Dowd, who founded Dolphin Films. The Dolphin agency group was ranked the number one PR firm in the United States in the Observer rankings in 2025.

Revenue model

Fee-based revenue from monthly retainer agreements and project-based campaign engagements across PR, marketing, influencer management, and content production services. Consumer products PR accounts at The Door are noted in the 10-K (filed 2026-03-27) as typically generating higher monthly fees and longer-term engagements than other client verticals.

Products and services

Entertainment publicity and marketing services through 42West (talent publicity, motion picture and television marketing, video game marketing, strategic communications); culinary, hospitality, and lifestyle PR through The Door; music PR through Shore Fire Media; impact and non-profit PR through Elle Communications; influencer talent management, brand campaign strategy and execution, and influencer event production through The Digital Dept.; and feature film and digital series production through Dolphin Films.

Customers and end markets

Clients include individual performers and entertainers (Oscar, Tony, and Emmy winning film, theater, and television stars, directors, producers, recording artists), video game publishers, authors, food and hospitality brands, consumer product companies, non-profits, and sustainable lifestyle companies. End markets span film, television, music, gaming, culinary, hospitality, lifestyle, and philanthropy sectors.

Value-chain role

Earned media marketing intermediary sitting between entertainment and lifestyle brands or talent and the media, press, and public. Acts as an outsourced strategic communications and publicity function for clients. Also holds minority investment positions in assets it markets, referred to internally as 'Ventures' or 'Dolphin 2.0.'

Geographic exposure

Primarily United States based on subsidiary descriptions and headquarters location; the 10-K (filed 2026-03-27) does not provide a geographic revenue breakdown.

Source: SEC 10-K, filed 2026-03-27

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