THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY

                          LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
              SECTION 16 REPORTING AND RULE 144 NOTICE OBLIGATIONS


         Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Michael Golden and
Theodore R. Wagner, each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described
on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

         (1) prepare and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments
thereto) with respect to the class A and class B common stock of The New York
Times Company, a New York corporation (the "Company"), and to file the same with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities
exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

         (2) prepare and execute any Notice on Form 144 (including any
amendments thereto) and broker representation letters with respect to the class
A and class B common stock of The New York Times Company, a New York corporation
(the "Company"), and to file the same with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended from time to time (the "Securities Act");

         (3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's common stock
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

         (4) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.

         The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1) this power of attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by any of such attorneys-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this power of attorney will be in such
form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3) neither the Company nor any of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements
of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned
for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or
liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act; and



(4) this power of attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act and the
Securities Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the notice requirements under Rule 144
under the Securities Act.

         The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about
the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such
attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

         This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the attorney-in-fact
and the Corporate Secretary of the Company.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this power of attorney
to be executed as of this 30th day of April, 2010.



                                            /s/ Carolyn D. Greenspon
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                                            Carolyn D. Greenspon
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