CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 28, 2015	Jun. 29, 2014	Jun. 28, 2015	Jun. 29, 2014
Revenues
Circulation	$ 211,658	$ 209,815	$ 423,128	$ 419,538
Advertising	148,599	157,249	298,507	316,461
Other	22,629	21,655	45,490	43,128
Total revenues	382,886	388,719	767,125	779,127
Production costs:
Raw materials	18,348	21,610	38,625	43,638
Wages and benefits	89,030	88,025	179,668	176,641
Other	45,395	48,309	91,116	96,648
Total production costs	152,773	157,944	309,409	316,927
Selling, general and administrative costs	176,252	185,584	355,049	372,308
Depreciation and amortization	15,810	19,169	30,654	39,261
Total operating costs	344,835	362,697	695,112	728,496
Pension settlement charges	0	9,525	40,329	9,525
Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal expense	0	0	4,697	0
Early termination charge	0	0	0	2,550
Operating profit	38,051	16,497	26,987	38,556
(Loss)/income from joint ventures	(356)	25	(928)	(2,122)
Interest expense, net	9,776	13,205	21,968	26,506
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	27,919	3,317	4,091	9,928
Income tax expense/(benefit)	11,700	(5,743)	2,293	(1,979)
Income from continuing operations	16,219	9,060	1,798	11,907
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	0	0	0	(994)
Net income	16,219	9,060	1,798	10,913
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest	181	128	340	18
Net income attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders	16,400	9,188	2,138	10,931
Amounts attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations	16,400	9,188	2,138	11,925
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ (994)
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	166,355	150,796	165,173	150,683
Diluted (in shares)	168,316	161,868	167,491	161,962
Basic earnings/(loss) per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations (USD per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.06	$ 0.01	$ 0.08
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (USD per share)	0.00	0.00	0.00	(0.01)
Net income (USD per share)	0.10	0.06	0.01	0.07
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations (USD per share)	0.10	0.06	0.01	0.07
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (USD per share)	0.00	0.00	0.00	(0.01)
Net income (USD per share)	0.10	0.06	0.01	0.06
Dividends declared per share (USD per share)	$ 0.04	$ 0.04	$ 0.08	$ 0.08