CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2020	Dec. 29, 2019	Dec. 30, 2018
Revenues
Revenues	$ 1,783,639,000	$ 1,812,184,000	$ 1,748,598,000
Operating costs
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)	960,222,000	989,029,000	947,884,000
Sales and marketing	229,040,000	272,657,000	271,164,000
Product development	132,428,000	105,514,000	84,098,000
General and administrative	223,557,000	206,778,000	196,621,000
Depreciation and amortization	62,136,000	60,661,000	59,011,000
Operating costs	1,607,383,000	1,634,639,000	1,558,778,000
Headquarters redesign and consolidation	0	0	4,504,000
Restructuring charge	0	4,008,000	0
Gain from pension liability adjustment	0	(2,045,000)	(4,851,000)
Operating profit	176,256,000	175,582,000	190,167,000
Other components of net periodic benefit costs	89,154,000	7,302,000	8,274,000
Gain from joint ventures	5,000,000	0	10,764,000
Interest income/(expense) and other, net	23,330,000	(3,820,000)	(16,566,000)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	115,432,000	164,460,000	176,091,000
Income tax expense/(benefit)	14,595,000	24,494,000	48,631,000
Net income	100,837,000	139,966,000	127,460,000
Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest	(734,000)	0	(1,776,000)
Net income attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders	100,103,000	139,966,000	125,684,000
Amounts attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations	$ 100,103,000	$ 139,966,000	$ 125,684,000
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	166,973	166,042	164,845
Diluted (in shares)	168,038	167,545	166,939
Basic earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations (USD per share)	$ 0.60	$ 0.84	$ 0.76
Net income (USD per share)	0.60	0.84	0.76
Diluted earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations (USD per share)	0.60	0.83	0.75
Net income (USD per share)	0.60	0.83	0.75
Dividends declared per share (USD per share)	$ 0.24	$ 0.20	$ 0.16
Subscription
Revenues
Revenues	$ 1,195,368,000	$ 1,083,851,000	$ 1,042,571,000
Advertising
Revenues
Revenues	392,420,000	530,678,000	558,253,000
Other
Revenues
Revenues	$ 195,851,000	$ 197,655,000	$ 147,774,000