Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) segment	Mar. 27, 2022 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments | segment	2
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 560,739	$ 537,425
Revenues, percent change	0.043
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)	$ 306,852	281,365
Cost of revenue, percent change	0.091
Sales and marketing	$ 67,034	77,588
Sales and marketing, percent change	(0.136)
Product development	$ 57,062	47,433
Product development, percent change	0.203
Adjusted general and administrative	$ 75,816	70,136
Adjusted general and administrative, percent change	0.081
Total operating costs	$ 532,839	496,429
Adjusted operating costs, total	$ 506,764	476,522
Adjusted operating costs, total, percent change	0.063
Operating costs, percent change	0.073
Adjusted operating profit	$ 53,975	60,903
Operating profit	27,900	6,284
Depreciation and amortization	$ 20,840	18,686
Depreciation and amortization, percent change	0.115
Severance	$ 3,780	0
Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs	$ 1,455	1,221
Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs, percent change	0.192
Adjusted operating costs	$ 506,764	476,522
Adjusted operating costs, percent change	0.063
Acquisition-related costs	$ 0	34,712
Adjusted operating profit, percent change	(0.114)
Subscription
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 397,542	371,979
Revenues, percent change	0.069
Advertising
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 106,241	116,270
Revenues, percent change	(0.086)
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 56,956	49,176
Revenues, percent change	0.158
NYTG
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 532,092	525,268
Revenues, percent change	0.013
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)	$ 284,931	269,476
Cost of revenue, percent change	0.057
Sales and marketing	$ 60,121	74,460
Sales and marketing, percent change	(0.193)
Product development	$ 51,877	45,179
Product development, percent change	0.148
Adjusted general and administrative	$ 73,408	68,428
Adjusted general and administrative, percent change	0.073
Total operating costs	$ 470,337	457,543
Total, percent change	0.028
Adjusted operating profit	$ 61,755	$ 67,725
Adjusted operating profit margin, percent	11.60%	12.90%
Severance	$ 3,300
Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs	$ 1,500	$ 1,200
Adjusted operating profit, percent change	(0.088)
Adjusted operating profit margin, percent change	(1.30%)
NYTG | Subscription
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 373,466	361,602
Revenues, percent change	0.033
NYTG | Advertising
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 102,090	114,490
Revenues, percent change	(0.108)
NYTG | Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 56,536	49,176
Revenues, percent change	0.150
The Athletic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 28,647	12,157
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)	$ 21,921	11,889
Cost of revenue, percent change	0.844
Sales and marketing	$ 6,913	3,128
Product development	5,185	2,254
Adjusted general and administrative	$ 2,408	1,708
Adjusted general and administrative, percent change	0.410
Total operating costs	$ 36,427	18,979
Total, percent change	0.919
Adjusted operating profit	$ (7,780)	(6,822)
Severance	$ 500
Adjusted operating profit, percent change	0.140
The Athletic | Subscription
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 24,076	10,377
The Athletic | Advertising
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	4,151	1,780
The Athletic | Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 420	$ 0