Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2014	May 02, 2014 Class A Common Stock [Member]	May 02, 2014 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	--12-28
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 30, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Trading Symbol	NYT
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		149,449,457	816,835