Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 27, 2022 segment	Dec. 26, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 25, 2022 segment	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 26, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 27, 2020 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments | segment		2		2
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | segment		2		2
Total revenues					$ 2,308,321	$ 2,074,877	$ 1,783,639
Revenues, percent change					0.113
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)	$ 1,208,933		$ 1,039,568		$ 1,208,933	1,039,568	959,312
Cost of revenue, percent change	0.163
Sales and marketing	$ 267,553		294,947		267,553	294,947	228,993
Sales and marketing, percent change	(0.093)
Product development	$ 204,185		160,871		204,185	160,871	133,384
Product development, percent change	0.269
Adjusted general and administrative expense	$ 279,719		244,092
Adjusted general and administrative, percent change	0.146
Total operating costs					2,052,584	1,803,012	1,607,383
Adjusted operating costs, total					$ 1,960,390	1,739,478
Adjusted operating costs, total, percent change					0.127
Total adjusted operating profit					$ 347,931	335,399
Adjusted operating profit, percent change					0.037
Subscription
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues					$ 1,552,362	1,362,115	1,195,368
Revenues, percent change					0.140
Advertising
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues					$ 523,288	497,536	392,420
Revenues, percent change					0.052
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues					$ 232,671	215,226	$ 195,851
Revenues, percent change					0.081
The New York Times Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues					$ 2,222,589	2,074,877
Revenues, percent change					0.071
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)	$ 1,135,518		1,039,568
Cost of revenue, percent change	0.092
Sales and marketing	$ 243,936		294,947
Sales and marketing, percent change	(0.173)
Product development	$ 189,027		160,871
Product development, percent change	0.175
Adjusted general and administrative expense	$ 270,303		244,092
Adjusted general and administrative, percent change	0.107
Total operating costs					$ 1,838,784	1,739,478
Total, percent change					0.057
Total adjusted operating profit					$ 383,805	$ 335,399
Adjusted operating profit margin, percent					17.30%	16.20%
Severance costs					$ 4,700	$ 900
Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs					$ 4,900	5,200
Adjusted operating profit, percent change					0.144
Adjusted operating profit margin, percent change					110.00%
The New York Times Group | Subscription
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 1,479,209		1,362,115
Revenues, percent change	0.086
The New York Times Group | Advertising
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 511,320		497,536
Revenues, percent change	0.028
The New York Times Group | Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 232,060		215,226
Revenues, percent change	0.078
The Athletic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues					$ 85,732	0
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)	$ 73,415		0
Sales and marketing	23,617		0
Product development	15,158		0
Adjusted general and administrative expense	$ 9,416		$ 0
Total operating costs					121,606	0
Total adjusted operating profit					(35,874)	0
Severance costs					200
The Athletic | Subscription
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues					73,153	0
The Athletic | Advertising
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues					11,968	0
The Athletic | Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues					$ 611	$ 0