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📰 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
Beehiiv Taps Former Calendly Exec as its First CMO
Netflix’s Atiya Henry Joins Disney Branded Television As EVP Production
LA Verdict Against Meta and YouTube Is a Warning Sign for Social Media
🗓️ Upcoming Arena Events
Introducing Arena Office Hours, weekly 45-minute live sessions with senior Arena members built to make high-value networking with industry leaders more accessible. Check out our upcoming sessions below and view the full schedule here.
🗓️ April 3 | Office Hours w/ Joe Sargent (Brand Marketing & Partnerships) | Register Here
Join us for a live 45-minute Office Hours session with Joe Sargent - Arena member and former Director of Integrated Marketing & Fan Experience at the Atlanta Dream.
🗓️ April 9 | Office Hours w/ Andrew Ball (Former Assistant GM of Houston Astros) | Register Here
Join us for a live, 45-minute Office Hours session with Andrew Ball - former Assistant General Manager of the Houston Astros and current strategic advisor across sports and technology.
🗓️ Across the Industry
Fireside Chat with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince | Hosted by TNT
🗓️ April 1 | 📍Cambridge, MA | Register here
An event conversation about building a school project into a $70B+ public company, scaling infrastructure that millions of businesses depend on, and where he sees AI reshaping the internet.
Creator Money Moves' Mixer & Panel | Hosted by Creator Economy NYC and Relay
🗓️ April 7 | 📍New York, NY | Register here
The capital of the creator economy: where creators, marketers, and founders meet, learn, and earn.
April Boston Marketing & Creative Meetup | Hosted by Boston Marketing & Creative Meetup
🗓️ April 15 | 📍Boston, MA | Register here
Designed for marketers and creatives in the Boston area to connect, share ideas, and network in a relaxed setting.
Onboarding as a Revenue Strategy: Scaling SDRs, AEs & Leaders | Hosted by GTM Leaders
🗓️ April 23 | 📍Austin, Tx | Register here
A professional community to elevate your career, conquer challenges, and shape the future of Austin/NYC/SF GTM leadership.
The Human Touch: Directing AI in Production | Hosted by Floyo AI
🗓️ April 23 | 📍Los Angeles, Ca | Register here
Find out how a real AI production pipeline look like when there's a deadline, a budget, and a quality bar that doesn't move.
💼 New Jobs This Week
🏈 San Francisco 49ers | Manager, People Operations | Santa Clara, CA | $100K/yr - $115K/yr
📈 Omnicom | Associate Director, Growth Analytics | Los Angeles, CA | $110K/yr - $135K/yr
📣 HYPEBEAST | Brand Director | New York, United States | $120K/yr - $140K/yr
🎤 The Recording Academy | SVP Global Partnerships & Business Development | Los Angeles, CA | $210.7K/yr - $271.8K/yr
📱 Apple | Sports Business Operations Lead | New York, NY or Los Angeles, CA | $146K/yr - $221K/yr
🏟️ New in Arena
Last week’s Arena Member Mixer was everything we hope this community continues to be - high-signal, intentional, and genuinely valuable.
We brought members together in small, curated breakout groups designed to spark real conversations and meaningful connections across sports, media, and entertainment. The result: thoughtful dialogue, immediate value exchange, and relationships that go beyond surface-level networking.
The feedback says it best:
“The transparency factor and ability to cut to the point is amazing! Great people.”
“Each mixer gets better… the level of substance and professional community is second to none.”
“I just loved the engagement in the breakout rooms along with everyone’s individual feedback and suggestions.”
This is what Arena is all about - putting the right people in the (virtual) room and making every interaction count.
✅ Applications are Open!
We’re currently accepting applications for new members who meet the following criteria:
Hold a manager-to-senior level executive role OR are a professional athlete actively building a business and brand within the industry
Currently work – or have worked within the past 12 months – in a full-time, in-house role at an established league, team, studio, network, publisher, venue, streaming platform, record label, or brand. Agency professionals must be employed at established firms with 50+ employees
Be based in the United States or Canada
View our full eligibility criteria here. Applications will be reviewed within 72 hours. All new members join free for 30 days.
Applications close on April 30th - Apply Now
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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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