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** Shares of HT Media HTML.NS rise to exchange-allowed maximum of 20% to 21.7 rupees

** Newspaper publisher's Q4 consol pre-tax Y/Y profit jumps more than 4x, helped by revenue growth in its radio broadcast segment

** Revenue up 10.6%

** Trading volume more than 5.1 mln shares, over 25x the 30-day avg

** Including session's moves, stock down 6.3% YTD

(Reporting by Aleef Jahan in Bengaluru)

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Feb 7 (Reuters) - HT Media Ltd HTML.NS:

• APPROVES CONVERSION OF LOANS TO EQUITY IN NEXT RADIO

• OUTSTANDING LOAN OF 2.12 BILLION RUPEES CONVERTIBLE INTO 212 MILLION EQUITY SHARES

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Feb 4 (Reuters) - HT Media Ltd HTML.NS:

• HT MEDIA - INVESTMENT OF UPTO 110 MILLION RUPEES BY SUBSCRIBING TO SHARES OF MOSAIC MEDIA VENTURES

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** Shares of Hindustan Media Ventures HINS.NS jump 7.5% to 88.56 rupees, set to gain for third straight session

** Co posts consol profit of 179.9 mln rupees ($2.1 mln) in Q3 vs loss of 8.2 mln rupees year ago

** Revenue rose 7.9% y/y in Q3

** Trading vols at 229,257 shares, over 6x the 30-day average

** HINS rose 1% in 2024 vs 64% gains in 2023

($1 = 87.0990 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Vijay Malkar)

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Jan 13 (Reuters) - United Spirits UNSP.N, the Indian arm of alcohol maker Diageo DGE.L, said on Monday its CEO Hina Nagarajan will step down effective March 31, and will be replaced by Praveen Someshwar, the chief executive of HT Media HTML.NS.

Someshwar, who will take office from April 1, will also serve as CEO designate from a month prior to the official appointment, United Spirits said.

Someshwar held the top post at HT Media, the owner of the Hindustan Times national daily, for five years after a 24-year stint at PepsiCo PEP.O where he worked in a variety of roles ranging from finance to management.

The leadership change comes after India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleged last week that Diageo, which owns about 56% of United Spirits, made a suspicious payment to an Indian lawmaker to attain favourable decisions.

The investigation is part of a formal case registered against the UK-based Diageo, following a 2018 investigation into investment approvals.

Separately, Nagarajan was also summoned last year as a witness by New Delhi's anti-corruption police investigating billing and discount practices involving government agencies running liquor retail shops between 2017 and 2020.

Nagarajan did not appear before police but Diageo, through company representatives, submitted many documents that were sought from the three-year period, Reuters reported last August.

Nagarajan joined the company as CEO designate in April 2021, and took over as managing director and chief executive two months later.

(Reporting by Ananta Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Eileen Soreng)

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Dec 4 (Reuters) - HT Media Ltd HTML.NS:

• HT MEDIA - NCLT APPROVAL ON SCHEME OF AMALGAMATION OF HT MOBILE SOLUTIONS WITH CO

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** Shares of HT Media HTML.NS rise as much as 17%, their highest level since March 1

** Stock last up nearly 10%, set for best day since early January

** Parent of Hindustan Times newspaper posted Q4 profit of 12.5 mln rupees ($149,690) vs loss of 149.6 mln rupees yr ago

** Profit aided by a 21% drop in raw material costs

** More than 2.3 mln shares traded, 4x their 30 day avg

** HTML up 16% YTD after posting a similar rise in 2023

($1 = 83.4810 Indian rupees)

($1 = 83.5059 Indian rupees)

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** Shares of Hindustan Media Ventures HINS.NS down 3.2% at 100.65 rupees

** Co posts wider Dec-qtr loss after tax at 8.8 mln rupees ($105,918.05)

** Stock, which was already down on the day, fell 5.6% to day's low after results

** HINS had climbed to highest since June, 2019 in early Jan

** Stock gained 64% in 2023, rival publishing co S Chand and Company SCHA.NS rose 57% last year

($1 = 83.0831 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Varun Vyas in Bengaluru)

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July 28 (Reuters) - HT Media Ltd HTML.NS:

• INDIA'S HT MEDIA LTD JUNE-QUARTER CONSOL NET LOSS 184.1 MILLION RUPEES VERSUS LOSS 345.5 MILLION RUPEES

• HT MEDIA LTD JUNE-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 3.93 BILLION RUPEES VERSUS 4.2 BILLION RUPEES

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** Shares of HT Media Ltd HTML.NS fall as much as 6.6% to 17.60 rupees, their steepest intra-day pct fall since Feb. 15

** Stock on track to fall for third straight session, if losses hold

** Parent of Hindustan Times newspaper slipped into a loss in the March-quarter from a profit a year earlier, while revenue from ops rose ~5% and expenses jumped ~19%

** Over 118,000 shares change hands by 09:53 a.m. IST, 0.7x the 30-day moving avg

** As of last close, stock down ~14% YTD, extending an ~21% decline in 2022.

($1 = 81.7800 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Kashish Tandon in Bengaluru)

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May 18 (Reuters) - HT Media Ltd HTML.NS:

• MARCH-QUARTER CONSOL NET LOSS 149.6 MILLION RUPEES VERSUS PROFIT 167.2 MILLION RUPEES

• MARCH-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 4.41 BILLION RUPEES VERSUS 4.21 BILLION RUPEES

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