Tempo's 2025 Profit Grows 17.7 Percent
PT Tempo Inti Media Tbk (TMPO) successfully maintained profitability amid the dynamics of the media industry and increasingly complex business challenges throughout 2025.
Tempo’s President Director, Arif Zulkifli, stated that several pressures, such as declining advertising revenue, digital disruptions, and changes in society’s information consumption patterns, coloured the company’s business journey throughout the previous year.
Nevertheless, by the end of 2025, Tempo recorded comprehensive profit of Rp 2.57 billion, a 17.7 percent growth compared to the previous year’s comprehensive profit of Rp 2.19 billion.
The company’s revenue fell 17 percent year-on-year to Rp 210.95 billion. According to Arif, this decline had been anticipated from the start.
One of the causes was the loss of non-recurring revenue from printing ballot papers for the 2024 General Election.
“Nevertheless, our main focus is not solely on the decline but on how Tempo responds appropriately and measurably,” said Arif during the public expose of PT Tempo Inti Media in Palmerah, Jakarta, on Tuesday, 12 May 2026.
He stated that since the beginning of the year, the company has taken strategic steps such as strengthening cost discipline, optimising expenditure structures, and diversifying revenue sources.
Arif detailed that the revenue decline mainly occurred in several business lines, such as the Temprint printing unit, which fell by Rp 51.4 billion, event organisation through Impresario, which dropped by Rp 5.6 billion, advertising revenue reduced by Rp 3.32 billion, and the Rombak animation business down by Rp 1.1 billion.
Conversely, several business units recorded positive growth. The TV Tempo creative content business booked a revenue increase of Rp 8.8 billion.
Revenue from digital circulation also rose by Rp 4.14 billion, followed by Tempo Institute at Rp 3.8 billion, Temprint Inti Niaga paper trading at Rp 1.1 billion, and print circulation at Rp 500 million.
On the expenditure side, operational costs increased 10 percent compared to the previous year. Administrative and general expenses also rose 6 percent, while overhead increased by Rp 300 million.
Despite this, Arif said, the company’s liquidity remains well-maintained. Short-term liabilities fell 3.6 percent, while long-term liabilities decreased 11.7 percent.
Arif stated that management had anticipated the potential revenue decline since early 2025 by implementing efficiency measures quickly. These efforts were carried out through periodic evaluations of expenditure sources, optimisation of spending, and reduction of operational costs.
“We conducted various simulations. For example, if revenue drops by a certain amount, then something must be done on the spending side. Don’t let the peg be larger than the pole,” said Arif.