The company's first managing director was William Pike, who started the year the group launched.

[5] In 2009, the group apologized for publishing a corruption story on Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda.

[6] The group launched its global mobile application (E-Paper) in 2015 but disabled it in 2019 to work on upgrading it.

[7] In March 2016, the groups signed a partnership with Wakaliwood Uganda to promote the Ugandan film industry.

[9] In May 2020, in the outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda, the New Vision Group sent dozens of employees on forced leave without pay, twelve days after it had announced major salary cuts.