Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
New Vision
Parallel form(s) of name
- Saturday Vision
- Sunday Vision
- Rupiny
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Uganda Argus
- Voice of Uganda
- Uganda Times
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1955 - Present
History
It was established in its current form in 1986 by the Ugandan government. It was founded in 1955 as the Uganda Argus, a British colonial government publication. Between 1962 and 1971, the first Obote government kept the name of its daily publication as Uganda Argus.
Following the rise to power of Idi Amin in 1971, the government paper was renamed Voice of Uganda. When Amin was deposed in 1979, the second Obote government named its paper Uganda Times.
When the National Resistance Movement seized power in 1986, the name of the daily newspaper was changed to New Vision. The Uganda Argus and its successors always presented as the "official" newspaper of the government in power.
Places
Uganda
Legal status
The Vision Group incorporated as the New Vision Printing & Publishing Company Limited (NVPPCL), started business in March 1986. It is a multimedia business conglomerate, that publishes newspapers, magazines, and internet content. It also owns television stations, radio stations for which it provides some original programming. In addition, NVPPCL carries out commercial printing and advertising. NVPPCL is listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange, where it trades under the symbol NVL.
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Maintained by
Institution identifier
RLP
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR 5.4.3
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language(s)
- English