Document and Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2013	Nov. 01, 2013 Class A Common Stock [Member]	Nov. 01, 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	Sep. 29, 2013
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Trading Symbol	NYT
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		148,943,075	818,061