CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Apr. 01, 2018
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 439,062	$ 413,948
Production costs:
Wages and benefits	102,908	91,993
Raw materials	19,838	16,692
Other production costs	45,337	45,656
Total production costs	168,083	154,341
Selling, general and administrative costs	221,463	208,623
Depreciation and amortization	14,918	15,041
Total operating costs	404,464	378,005
Headquarters redesign and consolidation	0	1,888
Operating profit	34,598	34,055
Other components of net periodic benefit costs	1,835	2,028
Gain from joint ventures	0	15
Interest expense and other, net	1,303	4,877
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	31,460	27,165
Income tax expense	1,304	5,251
Net income	30,156	21,914
Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest	0	(2)
Net income attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders	$ 30,156	$ 21,912
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	165,674	164,094
Diluted (in shares)	167,129	166,237
Basic earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders
Net income (in usd per share)	$ 0.18	$ 0.13
Diluted earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders
Diluted earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders (in usd per share)	0.18	0.13
Dividends declared per share (in usd per share)	$ 0.05	$ 0.04
Subscription
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 270,810	$ 260,593
Advertising
Revenues
Total revenues	125,088	125,647
Other
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 43,164	$ 27,708