📰 In The Arena Weekly
The go-to newsletter for sports, media & entertainment professionals. Each week, we curate the top events, insights & people to know to help you stay connected to new opportunities.
⚡ Hot Takes & Headlines
🏈 NFL's Kansas City Chiefs announce move to Kansas [ESPN].
💻 How Disney’s OpenAI deal changes everything in tech x entertainment [Hollywood Reporter].
🛍️ Saks considers bankruptcy as debt comes due [Bloomberg].
🗓️ Upcoming Events
Across the Industry
Women In Innovation CES Breakfast | Hosted by Acorn & EverCurrent
🗓️ Jan 7 | 📍Las Vegas, NV | Register here
A morning dedicated to connecting women across technology, business, and innovation.
Topgolf Mixer @ CES 2026 | BairesDev
🗓️ Jan 8 | 📍Las Vegas, NV | Register here
Unwind and connect with folks doing interesting work across tech during CES week.
Inside the Story: Ten Years of Immersive Documentary | Hosted by Museum of the Moving Image
🗓️ Jan 8 | 📍Queens, New York | Register here
This event engages in discussion around how stories are made, shared, and felt, amidst the latest wave of AI and other emerging technologies.
Los Angeles Design & Development Meetup No.15 | Hosted by LA Design Events
🗓️ Jan 8 | 📍Los Angeles, CA | Register here
LA Design & Development is a community where designers, developers and product builders can connect online and in-person to network and share ideas, opinions, and perspectives.
A Holiday Party | Hosted by Black Track
🗓️ Jan 11 | 📍Los Angeles, CA | Register here
An annual holiday party (hosted in Jan) for Black creatives & executives in Hollywood building community and sharing resources that create opportunity for advancement.
Sports Agent Bootcamp | Hosted by Diverse Representation
🗓️ Mar 21 | 📍Atlanta, GA | Register here
Early bird registration is open for Sports Agent Bootcamp. This bootcamp’s aim is to prepare attendees with the tools and information needed to build successful careers as sports agents.
PEAK 2026 | Hosted by PEAK
🗓️ Apr 20-22 | 📍Las Vegas, NV | Register here
Join the top SportsTech founders, sports executives, innovation leaders, and investors at PEAK 2026, the premier gathering uniting the entire industry in Las Vegas. Use code arenatalent at checkout for $200 off.
💼 New Jobs This Week
Across the Industry
📰 New York Post | Sports Content Creator, The California Post | Los Angeles | $70k-$80k
🏅LA28 | Manager, Ticket Marketing | Los Angeles, CA | $88k-$115k
📱United Talent Agency | Brand Development Manager | Beverly Hills, CA | $92k
🪽 Golden State Valkyries | Manager, Partnership Development | San Francisco, CA | $95k + bonus, commission
👾 Lionbridge Games | Business Development Director | Orange County, CA | $80k-$125k
🚙 Uber | Senior Associate, Social Media & Influencer | New York, NY | $130k-$144k
🚀 Pegasus Tech Ventures | Startup World Cup Director / Senior Manager | San Jose, CA | $90k-$170k
🕹️ Scopely | Manager, Corporate Development | Culver City, CA | $125k-$187k
📺 Starz | VP, Physical Production, Scripted and Unscripted | Santa Monica, CA | $180k-$210k
🏀 NBA | Investments Principal | New York, NY | $200k-$220k
👀 Behind the Scenes
Thank you to all the Arena Founding Circle members who joined our Early Member Mixer looking to build more meaningful relationships across the sports, media & entertainment industry! 🎉
Dozens of members DM’d us sharing their experience and we LOVE to see the incredible things that happens when collaborative industry pros come together!
Members are sharing that within one week since meeting:
have dozens of 1:1 chats planned (including IRL meetups)
landed interviews from other members who are hiring
started building relationships across the industry
And all of this is happening before we even launch the platform live in Jan 2026! 🤯
What’s next?
We’re opening up applications for the next cohort very soon. If you want to get notified about future cohorts, events, and opportunities relevant to your goals, experience, and interests - you can stay in the loop and get notified below.
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That’s it for this week In The Arena of sports, media & entertainment!
-Arena’s founders | Parul Khosla, Adriene Bueno & Olivia Schwartz.
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