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                              June 17, 2024

       Mirta Negrini
       Chief Financial Officer
       Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.
       150 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1200
       Coral Gables, FL 33134

                                                        Re: Dolphin
Entertainment, Inc.
                                                            Form 10-K for
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023
                                                            File No. 001-38331

       Dear Mirta Negrini:

                                                        We have reviewed your
filing and have the following comment(s).

              Please respond to this letter within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe a
       comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your
response to this letter, we may have additional comments.

       Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023

       Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, page F-6

   1.                                                   Please tell us how you
determined the payment of interest to related party represents a
                                                        cash outflow for
financing activities, as opposed to operating activities. Refer to ASC 230-
                                                        10-45-17(d).
       General

   2.                                                   Please tell us how you
met the requirements for not furnishing your May 14, 2024
                                                        earnings release titled
"Dolphin Entertainment Q1 2024 Revenue Increases 54% Year
                                                        over Year to a Record
$15.2 Million, and Reports Positive Adjusted Operating Income of
                                                        $1.0 Million Compared
to an Adjusted Operating Loss of $1.9 Million in Q1 2023" in an
                                                        Item 2.02 Form 8-K. For
example, the earnings information provided in this earnings
                                                        release does not appear
to have been previously disclosed in a Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or
                                                        Item 2.02 Form 8-K.

   3.                                                   In your earnings
release dated May 14, 2024, you discuss the changes in Adjusted
                                                        Operating Income, a
non-GAAP measure, without a discussion of the changes in its most
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June 17, 2024
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         directly comparable GAAP measure. Please tell us how you considered
the guidance
         in Rule 100(a) of Regulation G and Question 102.10(a) of the Non-GAAP
Financial
         Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.
        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       Please contact Suying Li at 202-551-3335 or Angela Lumley at
202-551-3398 if you
have any questions.



FirstName LastNameMirta Negrini                            Sincerely,
Comapany NameDolphin Entertainment, Inc.
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