Revenue - Digital-only Subscription Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 26, 2021	Dec. 27, 2020
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 2,308,321	$ 2,074,877	$ 1,783,639
Subscription
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 1,552,362	$ 1,362,115	$ 1,195,368
Subscription | 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%
Subscription | Digital
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 978,574	$ 773,882	$ 598,280
Subscription | Digital | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	63.00%	56.80%	50.00%
Subscription | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 573,788	$ 588,233	$ 597,088
Subscription | Print | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	37.00%	43.20%	50.00%
Domestic home delivery subscription | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 517,395	$ 529,039	$ 528,970
Domestic home delivery subscription | Print | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	33.30%	38.80%	44.30%
Single copy, NYT International and other | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 56,393	$ 59,194	$ 68,118
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	3.70%	4.30%	5.70%