CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 25, 2012	Mar. 27, 2011
Revenues
Advertising	$ 237,868	$ 258,931
Circulation	226,994	206,928
Other	34,514	34,805
Total revenues	499,376	500,664
Production costs:
Raw materials	33,363	34,153
Wages and benefits	111,787	112,460
Other	68,042	68,393
Total production costs	213,192	215,006
Selling, general and administrative costs	234,278	234,066
Depreciation and amortization	32,290	25,673
Total operating costs	479,760	474,745
Operating profit	19,616	25,919
Gain on sale of investment	17,848	5,898
Impairment of investments	4,900	0
Loss from joint ventures	29	5,749
Interest expense, net	15,452	24,591
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	17,083	1,477
Income tax expense/(benefit)	4,076	(596)
Income from continuing operations	13,007	2,073
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	29,070	3,153
Net income	42,077	5,226
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest	53	193
Net income attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders	42,130	5,419
Amounts attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations	13,060	2,266
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	29,070	3,153
Net income attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders	$ 42,130	$ 5,419
Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding:
Basic	147,867	146,777
Diluted	151,468	153,760
Basic earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations, per basic share	$ 0.09	$ 0.02
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes, per basic share	$ 0.19	$ 0.02
Income per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders–Basic	$ 0.28	$ 0.04
Diluted earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations, per diluted share	$ 0.09	$ 0.02
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes, per diluted share	$ 0.19	$ 0.02
Income per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders–Diluted	$ 0.28	$ 0.04