NEW YORK, NY and LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / March 26, 2019 / The Door, the lifestyle, culinary, and
hospitality public-relations and marketing agency that was acquired last year by Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLPN),
announced today an expansion to its operations with the formation of a dedicated consumer division.
The vertical will be led by Managing Director, Nicole Lowe. Nicole is an expert in the consumer space with nearly two decades of
experience executing strategic communications programs for respected brands. She has held senior positions at Peppercom, Ogilvy PR,
and most recently, Weber Shandwick. Throughout her career she has worked with Unilever, LG Electronics, Verizon, Target, Dyson,
Maytag, Sony Electronics, Intercontinental Hotel Group and Aramark.
"Since The Door was founded, we have had the opportunity to launch several exciting brands while also working to create new
entrepreneurial ventures, products and partnerships for others," said Charlie Dougiello, Co-Founder and CEO of The Door. "By
inserting additional investment, resources and personnel, like Nicole, into the company, we see the work we currently undertake for
consumer brands accelerating."
The Door's current roster of consumer clients includes; snack company Late July, a Snyders-Lance brand; Leesa - the
direct-to-consumer online mattress company that donates one mattress for every ten sold; best-selling pet food Nutrish, owned by
J.M. Smucker which was launched by television host Rachael Ray; organic CBD beverage maker PLNT Water; podcast giant Panoply; and,
the iconic retail brand FAO Schwarz.
The Door's consumer division is bolstered by an all-star senior team, including new hires: Katherine Mitchell, Vice President,
who joins following positions at MSL and Weber Shandwick, and Senior Directors Tess Nellis, formerly of APCO, and Alex Williams,
who joins from A2E. Longtime executives of The Door, Senior Directors Kelly Patterson and Louise Price, have transitioned to the
consumer team as well. Collectively, the newly formed division has worked with brands such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever,
Anheuser-Busch, Chobani, McCormick & Co, Nike, Mattel, and Facebook.
Previously, The Door has represented or handled projects for a number of consumer-facing brands including PepsiCo., Runa, Shake
Shack, OK Cupid, Hello Fresh, Method, Honest Tea and OLLY.
About The Door
Founded in 2008, The Door is a creative relations agency with a focus on building important, viable brands through diverse
initiatives and tools ranging from media relations to social media and marketing. Headquartered in New York, with offices in
Chicago and Los Angeles, The Door represents a wide range of clients-including food and beverage, personalities, hospitality
brands, events, consumer products, technology offerings, and entertainment/media entities.
About Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.
Dolphin Entertainment is a leading independent entertainment marketing and premium content development company. Through our
subsidiaries 42West and The Door, we provide expert strategic marketing and publicity services to many of the top brands, both
individual and corporate, in the entertainment and hospitality industries. The Door and 42West are both recognized global leaders
in PR services for their respective industries and, in December 2017, the New York Observer listed them, respectively, as the third
and fourth most powerful PR firms of any kind in the United States. Dolphin's recent acquisition of Viewpoint Creative adds
full-service creative branding and production capabilities to our marketing group. Dolphin's legacy content production business,
founded by Emmy-nominated CEO Bill O'Dowd, has produced multiple feature films and award-winning digital series.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.
These forward-looking statements may address, among other things, Dolphin Entertainment's expected financial and operational
results and the related assumptions underlying its expected results. These forward-looking statements are distinguished by the use
of words such as "will," "would," "anticipate," "expect," "believe," "designed," "plan," or "intend," the negative of these terms,
and similar references to future periods. These views involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and,
accordingly, Dolphin Entertainment's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in its forward-looking
statements. Dolphin Entertainment's forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this press release.
Factors or events Dolphin Entertainment cannot predict, including those described in the risk factors contained in its filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, may cause its actual results to differ from those expressed in forward-looking statements.
Although Dolphin Entertainment believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved, and Dolphin Entertainment undertakes no obligation to
update publicly any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by
applicable law.
Contact:
James Carbonara Hayden IR
(646)-755-7412
james@haydenir.com
SOURCE: Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.
