CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 29, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 428,501	$ 417,346	$ 1,303,821	$ 1,245,854
Production costs:
Other production costs	53,868	47,521	149,102	138,454
Total production costs	178,776	163,434	519,873	473,632
Selling, general and administrative costs	207,226	202,473	638,820	614,464
Depreciation and amortization	15,450	14,847	45,548	43,969
Total operating costs	401,452	380,754	1,204,241	1,132,065
Headquarters redesign and consolidation	0	0	0	3,140
Restructuring charge	4,008	0	4,008	0
Gain from pension liability adjustment	(2,045)	(4,851)	(2,045)	(4,851)
Operating profit	25,086	41,443	97,617	115,500
Other components of net periodic benefit costs	1,834	2,335	5,502	6,226
Loss from joint ventures	0	(16)	0	(9)
Interest expense and other, net	755	4,026	3,572	13,439
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	22,497	35,066	88,543	95,826
Income tax expense	6,070	10,092	16,789	25,342
Net income	16,427	24,974	71,754	70,484
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest	0	2	0	1
Net income attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders	$ 16,427	$ 24,976	$ 71,754	$ 70,485
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	166,148	165,064	165,976	164,742
Diluted (in shares)	167,555	166,966	167,384	166,671
Basic earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders
Basic earnings (in usd per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.15	$ 0.43	$ 0.43
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)	0.10	0.15	0.43	0.42
Dividends declared per share (in usd per share)	$ 0.05	$ 0.04	$ 0.15	$ 0.12
Subscription
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 267,302	$ 257,796	$ 808,568	$ 779,018
Advertising
Revenues
Total revenues	113,531	121,677	359,380	366,525
Other
Revenues
Total revenues	47,668	37,873	135,873	100,311
Product
Production costs:
Wages and benefits	106,377	95,941	313,244	280,688
Raw materials	$ 18,531	$ 19,972	$ 57,527	$ 54,490