Revenue - Advertising Revenues (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 27, 2022	Mar. 28, 2021
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 537,425	$ 473,045
Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	100.00%	100.00%
Advertising benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	100.00%	100.00%
Subscription
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 371,979	$ 329,084
Advertising
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 116,270	$ 97,116
Digital | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	61.00%	54.60%
Digital | Advertising benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	57.60%	61.30%
Digital | Subscription
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 226,763	$ 179,599
Digital | Advertising
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 67,014	$ 59,496
Print | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	39.00%	45.40%
Print | Advertising benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	42.40%	38.70%
Print | Subscription
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 145,216	$ 149,485
Print | Advertising
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	49,256	37,620
Print | Domestic home delivery subscription revenues
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 131,391	$ 134,395
Print | Domestic home delivery subscription revenues | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	35.30%	40.80%
Print | Single copy, NYT International and other subscription revenues
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 13,825	$ 15,090
Print | Single copy, NYT International and other subscription revenues | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	3.70%	4.60%