Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 23, 2012

Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Schedule of components of net periodic cost

The components of net periodic pension cost of all Company-sponsored defined benefit pension plans and The New York Times Newspaper Guild pension plan, a joint Company and Guild-sponsored plan, were as follows:

	For the Quarters Ended
	September 23, 2012								September 25, 2011
(In thousands)	Qualified Plans			Non- Qualified Plans		All Plans			Qualified Plans			Non- Qualified Plans		All Plans
Service cost	$	2,894		$	377	$	3,271		$	3,019		$	377	$	3,396
Interest cost	24,130			3,165		27,295			24,998			3,286		28,284
Expected return on plan assets	(29,614		)	—		(29,614		)	(27,953		)	—		(27,953		)
Amortization of prior service cost	201			—		201			201			—		201
Recognized actuarial loss	7,471			1,162		8,633			6,445			804		7,249
Net periodic pension cost	$	5,082		$	4,704	$	9,786		$	6,710		$	4,467	$	11,177

	For the Nine Months Ended
	September 23, 2012								September 25, 2011
(In thousands)	Qualified Plans			Non- Qualified Plans		All Plans			Qualified Plans			Non- Qualified Plans		All Plans
Service cost	$	8,795		$	1,131	$	9,926		$	9,057		$	1,131	$	10,188
Interest cost	72,447			9,495		81,942			74,994			9,858		84,852
Expected return on plan assets	(88,805		)	—		(88,805		)	(83,859		)	—		(83,859		)
Amortization of prior service cost	603			—		603			603			—		603
Recognized actuarial loss	22,408			3,486		25,894			19,335			2,412		21,747
Net periodic pension cost	$	15,448		$	14,112	$	29,560		$	20,130		$	13,401	$	33,531

Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Schedule of components of net periodic cost

The components of net periodic postretirement benefit income were as follows:

	For the Quarters Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
(In thousands)	September 23, 2012			September 25, 2011			September 23, 2012			September 25, 2011
Service cost	$	239		$	290		$	717		$	870
Interest cost	1,246			1,825			3,738			5,475
Amortization of prior service credit	(3,778		)	(3,901		)	(11,334		)	(11,703		)
Recognized actuarial loss	832			481			2,496			1,443
Curtailment gain	—			—			(27,213		)	—
Net periodic postretirement benefit income	$	(1,461	)	$	(1,305	)	$	(31,596	)	$	(3,915	)

In the first quarter of 2012, we sold the Regional Media Group (see Note 11). The sale significantly reduced the expected years of future service for current employees, resulting in a remeasurement and curtailment of a postretirement benefit plan. We recognized a curtailment gain of $27.2 million in the first quarter of 2012. The curtailment gain is included in the gain on the sale within “Income/(loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.