---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-044408"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AREN"
cik: "0000894871"
company_name: "Arena Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T15:21:15.586614+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arena Group fires CEO Ross Levinsohn and two senior presidents

## Summary
- Terminated President Media H. Robertson Barrett and President Operations Andrew Kraft on Dec 5, 2023.
- Terminated CEO Ross Levinsohn on Dec 11, 2023, effective immediately.
- No named successors for the three departed executives.
- Company did not disclose reasons for the terminations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-044408
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AREN
- cik: 0000894871
- company_name: Arena Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000149315223044408/0001493152-23-044408-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000149315223044408/form8-k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-044408
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-044408.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew Kraft was terminated as President, Operations at Arena Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: President, Operations
  source text: On December 5, 2023, The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) terminated the employment of each of H. Robertson Barrett and Andrew Kraft, the Company’s President, Media and President, Operations, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000149315223044408/0001493152-23-044408-index.htm
- Executive change
  H. Robertson Barrett was terminated as President, Media at Arena Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: President, Media
  source text: On December 5, 2023, The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) terminated the employment of each of H. Robertson Barrett and Andrew Kraft, the Company’s President, Media and President, Operations, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000149315223044408/0001493152-23-044408-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ross Levinsohn was terminated as Chief Executive Officer at Arena Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: on December 11, 2023, the Company’s board of directors terminated the employment of Ross Levinsohn, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000149315223044408/0001493152-23-044408-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.