CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 26, 2021	Dec. 27, 2020	Dec. 29, 2019
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 2,074,877,000	$ 1,783,639,000	$ 1,812,184,000
Operating costs
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)	1,039,568,000	959,312,000	988,159,000
Sales and marketing	294,947,000	228,993,000	272,626,000
Product development	160,871,000	133,384,000	106,415,000
General and administrative	250,124,000	223,558,000	206,778,000
Depreciation and amortization	57,502,000	62,136,000	60,661,000
Total operating costs	1,803,012,000	1,607,383,000	1,634,639,000
Restructuring charge	0	0	4,008,000
Gain from pension liability adjustment	0	0	(2,045,000)
Lease termination charge	3,831,000	0	0
Operating profit	268,034,000	176,256,000	175,582,000
Other components of net periodic benefit costs	10,478,000	89,154,000	7,302,000
Gain from joint ventures	0	5,000,000	0
Interest income/(expense) and other, net	32,945,000	23,330,000	(3,820,000)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	290,501,000	115,432,000	164,460,000
Income tax expense	70,530,000	14,595,000	24,494,000
Net income	219,971,000	100,837,000	139,966,000
Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest	0	(734,000)	0
Net income attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders	219,971,000	100,103,000	139,966,000
Amounts attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations	$ 219,971,000	$ 100,103,000	$ 139,966,000
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	167,929	166,973	166,042
Diluted (in shares)	168,533	168,038	167,545
Basic earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations (USD per share)	$ 1.31	$ 0.60	$ 0.84
Net income (USD per share)	1.31	0.60	0.84
Diluted earnings per share attributable to The New York Times Company common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations (USD per share)	1.31	0.60	0.83
Net income (USD per share)	1.31	0.60	0.83
Dividends declared per share (USD per share)	$ 0.28	$ 0.24	$ 0.20
Subscription
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 1,362,115,000	$ 1,195,368,000	$ 1,083,851,000
Advertising
Revenues
Total revenues	497,536,000	392,420,000	530,678,000
Other
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 215,226,000	$ 195,851,000	$ 197,655,000