Revenue - Digital-only Subscription Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 26, 2021	Sep. 27, 2020	Sep. 26, 2021	Sep. 27, 2020
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 509,103	$ 426,895	$ 1,480,645	$ 1,274,281
Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Digital | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	58.00%	51.60%	56.20%	49.00%
Print | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	42.00%	48.40%	43.80%	51.00%
Subscription
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 342,609	$ 300,950	$ 1,010,910	$ 879,573
Subscription | Digital
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	198,633	155,286	568,378	431,280
Subscription | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	143,976	145,664	442,532	448,293
News products | Digital
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 178,382	$ 140,740	$ 510,563	$ 392,620
News products | Digital | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	52.10%	46.80%	50.50%	44.60%
Other products | Digital
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 20,251	$ 14,546	$ 57,815	$ 38,660
Other products | Digital | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	5.90%	4.80%	5.70%	4.40%
Domestic home delivery subscription | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 128,895	$ 129,912	$ 398,045	$ 396,620
Domestic home delivery subscription | Print | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	37.60%	43.20%	39.40%	45.10%
Single copy, NYT International and other | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 15,081	$ 15,752	$ 44,487	$ 51,673
Single copy, NYT International and other | Print | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	4.40%	5.20%	4.40%	5.90%