Document and Entity Information	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Aug. 02, 2013 Class A Common Stock [Member]	Aug. 02, 2013 Class B Common Stock [Member]
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	Jun. 30, 2013
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Trading Symbol	NYT
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		148,633,764	818,061