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Zee MD & CEO Punit Goenka revamps revenue vertical, Rahul Johri resigns

Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd on Saturday announced the resignation of Rahul Johri and changes in the revenue vertical of the broadcast business implemented by its MD & CEO Punit Goenka. Johri, who was President - Business of Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd (ZEEL), and heading revenue and monetisation, has resigned after a stint of over three years, according to a statement from the company. The company has accepted the resignation of Johri, it added. Besides, ZEEL also announced strategic changes in the revenue vertical of the broadcast business. Now Ashish Sehgal, Chief Growth Officer, Advertisement Revenue, will directly report to the MD & CEO, said ZEEL. "This announcement is the first step towards streamlining the organization, in order to optimize the resource allocation and enhance productivity," it said. Before ZEEL, Johri was the first Chief Executive Officer at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and led Discovery's South Asia operations. Goenka ...

HC reserves order on Bloomberg's plea over take down of article against Zee

The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved the order on plea moved by Bloomberg Television Production Services India Private Limited challenging the order of the Saket district court directing it to take down an article titled "India Regulator Uncovers USD 241 Million Accounting Issue at Zee" published on February 21 from its website.The bench of Justice Shalinder Kaur decided to reserved the order after hearing the submissions at length of both sides.The article claimed that the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had apparently "found a discrepancy of more than USD 240 million in the accounts of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd".The Saket Court on March 1 stated that the plaintiff/Zee has made out a prima facie case for passing ad interim ex-parte orders of injunction, the balance of convenience is also in favour of the plaintiff and against the defendant/Bloomberg and irreparable loss and injury may be caused to the plaintiff, if the injunction as prayed for is not ...

Delhi court orders Bloomberg to remove 'defamatory' article against Zee

The article mentioned details pertaining to the corporate governance and business operations of Zee, which were inaccurate in nature and led to a 15 per cent drop in the share price of the company

RIL-Disney 'game-changing' deal gets a thumbs-up from analysts

The development will be negative for other players such as Zee, analysts said, who will now have to compete with a much larger entity

Sony withdraws agreement to merge India operations with Zee from NCLT

While the court filings officially bring the curtain down on the long-drawn saga that was beset by delays, drama over who'll lead the merged entity and a regulatory probe on Zee's founders

Zee Entertainment tanks 10% in 2 days, stock nears 52-week low

The counter saw heavy volumes of around 35.64 million equity shares changing hands on the NSE and BSE till 11:09 am on Thursday

Zee, Paytm top Nifty 500 losers so far in 2024; will the fall continue?

As many as 10 stocks within the Nifty 500 space have declined over 20 per cent so far in 2024. These are the key levels to watch out, suggest charts.

Zee saga: Sony's spurned target shows pitfalls of tempting Indian M&A

To foreign investors, the Sony-Zee saga is a reminder of the need to approach Indian deals with an abundance of caution

Zee forms independent advisory panel to curb erosion of investor wealth

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd on Friday said its board has constituted an independent advisory committee headed by Satish Chandra, retired judge of Allahabad High Court, to curb erosion of its investor wealth in the wake of speculations, leading to negative public opinion of the company. Earlier this week, media reports said market regulator Sebi has found financial discrepancies in the accounts of the company, although it asserted that the reports-related accounting issues are "incorrect and false". "The board of ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL), has approved to constitute an independent advisory committee that will enable it to review and take cognizance of the widespread circulation of misinformation, market rumours, and speculation that has led to the formation of negative public opinion about the company and consequent erosion of investor wealth," ZEEL said in a statement. The committee will be presided by Dr Satish Chandra, a former judge of Allahabad High Court.

Sebi to question Subhash Chandra, Punit Goenka on fund diversion: Report

This comes just a day after media reports suggested that Sebi has found an accounting 'hole' of Rs 2,000 crore in Zee's books

Stocks to Watch today: RIL, LTIMindtree, Marurti, NBCC, Axis Bk, Zee, Sugar

Stocks to watch on Thursday, February 22, 2024: As many as 15 stocks are in F&O ban today including Ashok Leyland, Balrampur Chini, Biocon, India Cement, PVR Inox and Zee Entertainment.

Mutual funds pare holdings in Zee Ent by 40% post Sony merger deal fallout

Shares held by active MF schemes decline 40% to 173 million

Mystery thickens in Zee fund diversion case amid reports of accounting hole

Stock tanks 14% amid reports of 10x fund diversion; Sebi final order expected by mid-April

SAT to hear Subhash Chandra's appeal in fund diversion case tomorrow

In the same order, issued in August 2023, Chandra's son Punit Goenka was granted relief by the tribunal

Zee Entertainment sinks 14% amid report of Rs 2,000-cr fund diversion

Bloomberg reported that market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has found a hole of more than $240 million in the accounts of ZEE

Stocks to Watch today: Zee, Hindalco, RIL, Tata Power, Paytm, TVS Supply

Stocks to watch on Wednesday, February 21, 2024: In news today - Sebi finds Rs 2,000 cr fund diversion in Zee; Hindalco arm files IPO papers in US; Rolls Royce extends pact with TVS Supply Chain.

Another blow to Zee Entertainment: Sebi uncovers $241 mn accounting issue

As part of its investigation into the Zee founders, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, or Sebi, found that about Rs 2,000 crore ($241 million) may have been diverted from the company

Zee Entertainment reaches out to Sony to revive terminated merger

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) is seeking rapprochement with Sony Group as it makes a last-ditch effort to resurrect a USD 10 billion merger, according to industry sources. After the Japanese multinational firm pulled the plug on its USD 10 billion merger deal in January, the Indian company reached out again to Sony to reconsider the termination and offered for talks this month, a source said. On the other hand, Sony is understood to be evaluating the proposal from Zee. Comments from Sony Picture Networks India could not be obtained as an e-mailed query remained unanswered. A Zee spokesperson said, Since the matter is subjudice we have no comments to offer. Another source said ZEEL never stopped working for a possible reconciliation dialogue citing that it was ZEEL that moved to NCLT to make the merger happen. The ball is in Sony's court. They need to respond if the deal has to be revived, the source said. The development comes amidst the two parties filing cases again

Zee Entertainment soars 12% on reports of fresh merger discussion with Sony

ZEEL and Sony Group are in discussions that may save the $10 billion merger that the Japanese conglomerate had called off on January 22

Zee, Sony in discussions to save the called off $10 billion merger: Report

Sony-Zee merger: Punit Goenka, managing director and chief executive officer at ZEEL, has agreed to Sony's demand of him not becoming the CEO of the merged entity