CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 25, 2016
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 1,748,598	$ 1,675,639	$ 1,555,342
Production costs:
Wages and benefits	380,678	363,686	364,302
Raw materials	76,542	66,304	72,325
Other production costs	196,956	186,352	192,728
Total production costs	654,176	616,342	629,355
Selling, general and administrative costs	845,591	815,065	728,338
Depreciation and amortization	59,011	61,871	61,723
Total operating costs	1,558,778	1,493,278	1,419,416
Headquarters redesign and consolidation	4,504	10,090	0
Restructuring charge	0	0	(16,518)
Multiemployer pension and other contractual (gain)/loss	(4,851)	(4,320)	6,730
Pension settlement expense	0	102,109	21,294
Operating profit	190,167	176,591	112,678
Defined Benefit Plan, Actuarial Gain (Loss), Immediate Recognition as Component in Net Periodic Benefit (Cost) Credit	8,274	64,225	11,074
Gain/(loss) from joint ventures	10,764	18,641	(36,273)
Interest expense and other, net	16,566	19,783	34,805
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	176,091	111,224	30,526
Income tax expense	48,631	103,956	4,421
Income from continuing operations	127,460	7,268	26,105
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	0	(431)	(2,273)
Net income	127,460	6,837	23,832
Net (income)/loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest	(1,776)	(2,541)	5,236
Net income attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders	125,684	4,296	29,068
Amounts attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations	125,684	4,727	31,341
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ 0	$ (431)	$ (2,273)
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	164,845	161,926	161,128
Diluted (in shares)	166,939	164,263	162,817
Basic earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations (USD per share)	$ 0.76	$ 0.03	$ 0.19
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (USD per share)	0.00	0.00	(0.01)
Net income (USD per share)	0.76	0.03	0.18
Diluted earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations (USD per share)	0.75	0.03	0.19
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (USD per share)	0.00	0.00	(0.01)
Net income (USD per share)	0.75	0.03	0.18
Dividends declared per share (USD per share)	$ 0.16	$ 0.16	$ 0.16
Subscription
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 1,042,571	$ 1,008,431	$ 880,543
Advertising
Revenues
Total revenues	558,253	558,513	580,732
Other
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 147,774	$ 108,695	$ 94,067