CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 26, 2021	Sep. 27, 2020	Sep. 26, 2021	Sep. 27, 2020
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 509,103	$ 426,895	$ 1,480,645	$ 1,274,281
Operating costs
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)	256,978	235,665	759,333	709,062
Sales and marketing	83,767	50,615	197,475	164,004
Product development	40,638	34,349	119,280	96,334
General and administrative	64,418	51,118	183,278	162,791
Depreciation and amortization	14,326	15,552	43,529	46,368
Total operating costs	460,127	387,299	1,302,895	1,178,559
Lease termination charge	0	0	3,831	0
Operating profit	48,976	39,596	173,919	95,722
Other components of net periodic benefit costs	2,599	2,272	7,796	6,735
Interest income and other, net	28,569	3,537	31,953	20,177
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	74,946	40,861	198,076	109,164
Income tax expense	20,290	7,283	47,994	19,070
Net income attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders	$ 54,656	$ 33,578	$ 150,082	$ 90,094
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	168,027	167,075	167,895	166,842
Diluted (in shares)	168,546	168,059	168,492	167,943
Basic earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders
Basic earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders (in usd per share)	$ 0.33	$ 0.20	$ 0.89	$ 0.54
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)	0.32	0.20	0.89	0.54
Dividends declared per share (in usd per share)	$ 0.07	$ 0.12	$ 0.14	$ 0.18
Subscription
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 342,609	$ 300,950	$ 1,010,910	$ 879,573
Advertising
Revenues
Total revenues	110,887	79,253	320,777	253,150
Other
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 55,607	$ 46,692	$ 148,958	$ 141,558