📰 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.
💼 Networking Shouldn’t End With a Business Card
You’ve got a stack of business cards somewhere from conferences, panels, or quick intros that felt promising at the time.
But between meetings, travel, and real work, most of those connections go nowhere.
Arena PowerMatch makes networking intentional.
Each week, we introduce you to vetted leaders across sports, media, and entertainment aligned with your goals. If both opt in to match, you schedule to meet in one-click. No chasing.
Apply by March 20 to join our next Arena Member Mixer.
⚡️Headlines & Hot Takes
🏈 Verizon recently weighed pulling back on NFL sponsorship deal
🎬 $8B Banijay-All3Media Merger: “This is the world’s largest independent media content company”
🖥️ Roku adds Apple TV to roster of premium subscription partners
🗓️ Upcoming Events
⛳️ SportsPro Summit USA | Hosted by Sports Pro
🗓️ March 12-13 | 📍New York, NY | Register here
Bringing together key leaders from the world’s largest sports broadcast and streaming market, uniting leagues, teams, federations, tech providers, and media organizations in one place.
💡 SXSW Conference | Hosted by SXSW
🗓️ March 12-18 | 📍Austin, Texas | Register here
Connect with creatives from around the world for discovery, learning, and networking through conference sessions, film and TV screenings, music showcases, exhibitions, and more.
🎥 USITT26 | Hosted by USITT
🗓️ March 18-21 | 📍 Long Beach, California | Register here
Bringing together the makers, technicians, and professionals who power live entertainment to connect, learn, and explore the latest industry technology.
🎶 MUSEXPO 2026 | Hosted by A&R Worldwide
March 22-25 | Burbank, California | Register here
A premier music industry conference in Hollywood featuring panels, artist showcases, networking, and awards that connect global entertainment leaders.
🎤 Winter Music Conference | Hosted by WMC
March 24-26 | Miami, Florida | Register here
Part of Miami Music Week, this event offers industry insights and programming for music professionals.
💼 New Jobs This Week
🏈 San Francisco 49ers | Manager, Levi's Stadium Event Services | Santa Clara, CA | $85K/yr - $90K/yr + Bonus, Commission
⚾️ Sacramento River Cats | VP, Corporate Partnerships | West Sacramento, CA | $100K/yr - $110K/yr + Bonus
🎵 Sony Music Entertainment | Associate Director/Director, A&R Research - JIVE Records | New York City, NY | $80K/yr - $120K/yr
🎥 IPG Mediabrands | Associate Director, Paid Social - Pharma | New York, NY | $120K/yr - $130K/yr
🏟️ NFL Players Association | Controller - Trust (powered by the NFLPA) | Washington, DC | $185K/yr - $200K/yr + Bonus
📊 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference 2026
Last week, we pitched Arena at MIT Sloan in front of 2,500+ attendees and signed up 100 new professionals onsite to run PowerMatch so they could start connecting right after the conference. Moments like this remind us why we're building and why we're inviting the right people to build with us.
We've opened our angel round and already secured investment from select Arena members. We're raising $250K on a SAFE ($8M valuation cap) to build our mobile app, grow to 5,000 paid users, and deepen our community and live events.
Minimum $10K (accredited investors only). Angel round closes March 31st.
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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