Revenue - Digital-only Subscription Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 27, 2022
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 560,739	$ 537,425
Subscription
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 397,542	$ 371,979
Subscription | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	100.00%	100.00%
Subscription | Digital
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 258,768	$ 226,763
Subscription | Digital | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	65.10%	61.00%
Subscription | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 138,774	$ 145,216
Subscription | Print | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	34.90%	39.00%
Domestic home delivery subscription revenues | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 125,876	$ 131,391
Domestic home delivery subscription revenues | Print | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	31.70%	35.30%
Single copy, NYT International and Other subscription revenues | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 12,898	$ 13,825
Single copy, NYT International and Other subscription revenues | Print | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	3.20%	3.70%