Exhibit 4.1

   

  

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            U-	UNITS


  	


   

  SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

   

  CUSIP [ ● ]

   

  HEARTLAND MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

      UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK AND ONE-HALF OF ONE REDEEMABLE WARRANT, EACH WHOLE WARRANT ENTITLING THE HOLDER TO PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK

   

  THIS CERTIFIES THAT ____________________is the owner of ___________ Units.

   

  Each Unit (“Unit”) consists of one (1) share of Class A common stock, par value
      $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), of Heartland Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and one-half (1/2) of one redeemable warrant (a “Warrant”). Each whole Warrant entitles the
      holder to purchase one (1) share (subject to adjustment) of Common Stock for $11.50 per share (subject to adjustment). Only whole Warrants are exercisable. Each whole Warrant will become exercisable on the later of (i) thirty (30) days after the
      Company’s completion of a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (each, a “Business Combination”), and (ii) twelve (12) months
      from the closing of the Company’s initial public offering, and unless exercised earlier, will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on the date that is five (5) years after the date on which the Company completes its initial Business Combination,
      or earlier upon redemption thereof or the Company’s liquidation. The Common Stock and Warrants comprising the Units represented by this certificate are not transferable separately prior to, , 2021 unless BofA Securities, Inc. and Moelis & Company
      LLC elect to allow separate trading earlier, subject to the Company’s filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission containing an audited balance sheet reflecting the Company’s receipt of the gross proceeds of the
      Company’s initial public offering and the Company issuing a press release announcing when separate trading will begin. No fractional Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units. The terms of the Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement,
      dated as of , 2021, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent, and are subject to the terms and provisions contained therein, all of which terms and provisions the holder of this certificate consents to
      by acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office of the Warrant Agent at 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10004, and are available to any Warrant holder on written request and without cost.

   

  Upon the consummation of a Business Combination, the Units represented by this certificate
      shall automatically separate into the Common Stock and Warrants comprising such Units.

   

  This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar of the
      Company.

   

  This certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of
      the State of New York.

   

  Witness the facsimile signature of its duly authorized officers.

   

  	 	 	 
	Secretary	 	Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 
	Transfer Agent	 	 


   

  Heartland Media Acquisition Corp.

   

  The Company will furnish without charge to each unitholder who so requests, a statement of
      the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

   

  The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate,
      shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

   

  	TEN COM	-	as tenants in common	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT	-	 Custodian 
	TEN ENT	-	as tenants by the entireties	 	 	(Cust)	 	(Minor)
	JT TEN	-	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common	 	 	under



            Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
	 	 	 	 	 	(State)


   

  Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

   

  
    
      


  

  For value received, ________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

   

  PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

      (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

   

  __________________________________________ Units represented by the within Certificate, and does hereby
      irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________________ Attorney to transfer the said Units on the books of the within named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

   

  	Dated____________	Notice:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name
            as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.


  Signature(s) Guaranteed:

   

  THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN
      ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15 (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULE)).

   

  In each case, as more fully described in the Company’s final prospectus dated ,           , 2021, the holder(s)
      of this certificate shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata portion of certain funds held in the trust account established in connection with its initial public offering only in the event that (i) the Company redeems the shares of Common Stock sold
      in its initial public offering and liquidates because it does not consummate an initial business combination by the date set forth in the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (or such later date as the Company’s amended and
      restated certificate of incorporation may be amended to provide for), (ii) the Company offers to redeem the shares of Common Stock sold in its initial public offering in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated
      certificate of incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s initial business combination or to redeem 100% of such Common Stock if it does not consummate an
      initial business combination by the date set forth in the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, and
      the holder(s) of this certificate elect(s) to have the shares of Common Stock held by him, her or it redeemed pursuant to that offer, or (iii) if the holder(s) seek(s) to redeem for cash his, her or its respective shares of Common Stock in connection
      with a tender offer (or proxy solicitation, solely in the event the Company seeks stockholder approval of the proposed initial business combination) setting forth the details of a proposed initial business combination. In no other circumstances shall
      the holder(s) have any right or interest of any kind in or to the trust account.

   

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