Document and Entity Information Document	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	May 03, 2013 Class A Common Stock	May 03, 2013 Class B Common Stock
Document and Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	NEW YORK TIMES CO
Entity Central Index Key	0000071691
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-29
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2013
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Trading Symbol	NYT
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		148,059,528	818,061