October 6th 1998 TEMPO Magazine Back In Circulation After The New Order Government Banned For 4 Years.

In 1982, for the first time the magazine is banned, because it was considered too sharply criticized the New Order regime and its political vehicle, Golkar. When the procession underway and the General Election campaign. But finally allowed to rise again after signing a sort of "promise" on paper seal with Murtopo, Information Minister at the time (there Suharto era Ministry of Information whose function, among others, control the press).

The more perfect the internal mechanism keredaksiannya, the spirit thickens investigative journalism. So increasingly sharp criticism Tempo also power the Soeharto government that has been so melumut. Peak, in June 1994, for the second time this magazine was banned by the government, through the Minister of Information Harmoko. He judged too harshly criticized Habibie and Suharto happenings aboard purchase of the former East Germany. This report is considered dangerous "state stability", where the main report discusses the military objected to by the Minister BJ Habibie imports. A group of journalists were disappointed at the attitude of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) which approved the banning of Tempo, Editor, and CNN, then founded the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI).

After Suharto stepped down in May 1998, those who had worked at Tempo-and torn apart due to re-negotiate bredel-. They talk particulars advisability Tempo rises again. The result, Tempo must rise again. So, since October 12, 1998, Tempo magazine comes back.

To increase the scale and the ability to penetrate the business world media, then in 2001, PT. Arsa Kingdom Perdanago public and sell shares to the public and was born PT Tempo Inti Media Tbk. (PT.TIM) as Tempo magazine publisher-which baru.- In the same year (2001), was born Koran Tempo who competed in the daily media.