Revenue - Digital-only Subscription Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 26, 2021	Dec. 27, 2020	Dec. 29, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 2,074,877	$ 1,783,639	$ 1,812,184
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Digital | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	56.80%	50.00%	42.50%
Print | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	43.20%	50.00%	57.50%
Subscription
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 1,362,115	$ 1,195,368	$ 1,083,851
Subscription | Digital
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	773,882	598,280	460,452
Subscription | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	588,233	597,088	623,399
News products | Digital
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 693,994	$ 543,578	$ 426,125
News products | Digital | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	50.90%	45.50%	39.30%
Other products | Digital
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 79,888	$ 54,702	$ 34,327
Other products | Digital | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	5.90%	4.60%	3.20%
Domestic home delivery subscription | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 529,039	$ 528,970	$ 524,543
Domestic home delivery subscription | Print | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	38.80%	44.30%	48.40%
Single copy, NYT International and other | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 59,194	$ 68,118	$ 98,856
Single copy, NYT International and other | Print | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	4.40%	5.70%	9.10%