''Tempo'' is an Indonesian weekly magazine that covers news and politics. It was founded by

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and Yusril Djalinus and the first edition was published on 6 March 1971.

History

New Order era

On June 21, 1994, under the New Order of President

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, Information Minister

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banned the publishing of ''Tempo'' magazine, along with two other weekly news magazines, ''Editor'' and ''DeTik'', citing them as a threat to national stability. In response to the ban, a number of journalists established the

Alliance of Independent Journalists The Alliance of Independent Journalists ( id, Aliansi Jurnalis Independen, abbreviated as AJI) is an Indonesian organization that promotes press freedom in the country. The AJI was founded in 1994 by Satrio Arismunandar, Ahmad Taufik, Goenawan Mo ...

(Aliansi Jurnalis Independen). Publication of ''Tempo'' resumed following Suharto's departure from office in 1998.

Post New Order era

The magazine has continued its independent position, and on 27 June 2010 published a story about police corruption, based on leaked documents showing that six senior police officers had bank accounts containing millions of dollars, in one case more than US$10 million, on monthly salaries of around US$1600. A few days later (6 July) the magazine's editorial offices in central

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were firebombed by two black-clad men on a motorcycle. Little damage ensued but the attack was widely presumed to be linked to the police. In the early morning hours on the day the story broke, officials presumed to be connected with the police vainly tried to buy up all the copies of the offending story. Although they purchased 30,000 copies in central Jakarta, no other areas were affected, and vendors doubled the price of the much-in-demand remainder. ''Tempo'' simply printed and supplied its distributors with 30,000 replacement copies. The action only added to the publicity surrounding the story. ''Tempo''s previous editor-in-chief is Wahyu Muryadi. Since November 2012, the position has been filled by Arif Zulkifli, the youngest editor in ''Tempo''s history. ''Tempo'' has evolved its internet presence with Tempo.co. Besides the weekly magazine, ''Tempo'' also publishes a daily newspaper, ''

Koran Tempo ''Koran Tempo'' (''Tempo Paper'') is a daily online digital newspaper in Indonesia. It is published by PT Tempo Inti Media Harian, a part of Tempo Inti Media, which also published ''Tempo In musical terminology, tempo ( Italian, 'time'; plu ...

''. It provides semi-investigative news about political and economic issues. The newspaper is only published in Indonesian but foreign readers can read other versions, including English, at Tempo.co. Its style of journalism is different from other Indonesian daily newspapers. ''Tempo'' provides news in the style of what they call 'the story behind the story'. So, what is served to the readers is not only current events, but also the story following and behind the news.

Magazine

''Tempo'' magazine is published in

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. Starting from 12 September 2000, ''Tempo'' has also been published in English. Since its inception, the deputy editor-in-chief of the English edition of ''Tempo'' has been Yuli Ismartono, who during ''Tempos ban was the vice-president of corporate communications for Freeport Indonesia.

History

New Order era

Post New Order era

Magazine

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