📰 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.
⚡️Headlines & Hot Takes
James Murdoch buys half of Vox Media for reported $300M
Paramount Skydance wins the battle for Warner Bros. Discovery over Netflix
LIV Golf seeks to raise up to $350 million from investors as post-PIF reality sets in
🗓️ Events to Know
NACDA & Affiliates Convention | Hosted by National Associate of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
🗓️ June 7-10 | 📍Las Vegas, NV | Register here
Draws 5,000–10,000 attendees and centers on professional development across collegiate and youth sports administration, including athletic directors and conference administrators.
Indie Week | Hosted by Foundation for Independent Music
🗓️ June 8-11 | 📍New York, NY | Register here
The largest independent music conference in the world, bringing together labels, distributors, digital service providers, and agencies. Topics include AI, touring, marketing, sync licensing, and DSP workshops.
SBJ Brand Innovation Summit | Hosted by Sports Business Journal
🗓️ June 9-10 | 📍Chicago, IL | Register here
Two high-impact days where sports-marketing visionaries and brand leaders converge to explore activation, measurement, storytelling, and next-gen sponsorship strategies.
Growing the Game of Soccer in North America | Hosted by South Asians in Sports
🗓️ June 11 | 📍New York, NY | Register here
Join South Asians in Sports for an evening celebrating the sport the world can't stop talking about, right here in New York City. We're bringing together some of the most influential voices in global football to talk about what it actually takes to grow the game in North America — the fans, the business, the culture, and what comes next.
Cannes Lions Festival | Hosted by Informa
🗓️ June 22-26 | 📍Cannes, France | Register here
Creativity comes to life at Cannes Lions. It’s where the world’s industry-leading work is awarded, influential thought leaders take to the stage and global connections are made.
💼 New Jobs This Week
🏆 Creative Arts Sports | Business Operations Lead | New York, NY | $125-135K/yr
🥇 LA28 Olympics | Sr. Manager, Ceremonies Operations | Los Angeles, CA | $105-140K/yr
📰 Front Office Sports | Director, Creative Strategy | New York, NY | $120-150K/yr
🎬 Lionsgate | Director, Audience Growth & Programming | Los Angeles, CA | $130-140K/yr
🏈 Canadian Football League | Director, People & Culture | Toronto, ON | $125-150K/yr
🏟️ Inside The Arena
We just hit 10,000 introductions since launching Arena in January 2026! 🚀
That’s 10,000 new connections that never would have been made before and we’re extremely proud to be the only place where you can get intentionally curated introductions to industry leaders.
Our new Spring Cohort members are in Week 2 of getting their curated intros and receiving their first matches. Last week, we hosted a Match Management workshop to walk them through exactly how to review your intros, schedule meetings, and log your meetings within Arena.
We’re also planning our next big in-person event coming soon 👀
If you’re not already inside, you can join our waitlist to gain access to our Summer Cohort launching later this summer → arenatalent.com.
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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