SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C.  20549
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                                  FORM  8-A
                                           
           FOR  REGISTRATION  OF  CERTAIN  CLASSES  OF  SECURITIES
                  PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR 12 (G) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                           
                        THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
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          (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
                                           
         New York                                     13-1102020
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(State of Incorporation or Organization)         (IRS Employer
                                                 Identification no.)

229 West 43d Street, New York, New York                 10036
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(Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)

If this form relates to the            If this form relates to the 
registration of a class of debt        registration of a class of debt 
securities and is effective upon       securities and is to become effective 
filing pursuant to General             simultaneously with the 
Instruction A(c)(1) please check       effectiveness of a concurrent 
the following box. / /                 registration statement under the
                                       Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to
                                       General Instruction A(c)(2) please 
                                       check the following box. / /

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

    Title of Each Class                Name of Each Exchange on Which
    to be so Registered                Each Class is to be Registered
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    Class A Common Stock of               New York Stock Exchange
         $.10 par value


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

    None



                    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT


ITEM 1.   DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.

         The capital stock of The New York Times Company (the "Registrant") to
be registered on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is the Registrant's Class A
Common Stock.

         The description of the Class A Common Stock is set forth in the 
Certificate of Incorporation as amended by the Class A and Class B 
stockholders and restated on September 29, 1993, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the 
Registrant's Form 10-K dated March 21, 1994, and is hereby incorporated by 
reference in response to this Item.

         In summary, the capital stock of the Registrant consists of 
200,910,000 shares, of which 110,000 shares of the par value of $100 each are 
5 1/2% Cumulative Prior Preference Stock, 200,000 shares of the par value of 
$1 each are Serial Preferred Stock, 200,000,000 shares of the par value of 
$0.10 each are Class A Common Stock and 600,000 of the par value $0.10 each 
are Class B Common Stock.


         The Registrant has two classes of outstanding voting securities, the
Class A Common  Stock and the Class B Common Stock.  The Class A stockholders
have limited voting rights, which, in summary, entitle Class A stockholders to
vote for (i) the election of 30% of the Registrant's board of directors; (ii)
the ratification of the selection of the Registrant's independent certified
accountants, certain interested party transactions and certain acquisitions
involving the issuance of stock; and (iii) the reservation of stock for options
to be granted to officers, directors and employees. 

         Except as outlined above, and except as otherwise provided by the laws
of the State of New York, the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides
that:

         ...the entire voting power shall be vested solely and exclusively in
         the holders of the shares of Class B Common Stock, the holders of
         Class B Common Stock to be entitled to 1 vote each for 1 share thereof
         held upon all matters requiring a vote of stockholders of the
         Corporation and the holders of the 5 1/2% Cumulative Prior Preference
         Stock or of the Class A Common Stock shall have no voting power, and
         shall not have the right to participate in any meeting of stockholders
         or to have notice thereof.


ITEM 2.   EXHIBITS.

         The securities being registered hereby are to be registered on an
exchange on which no other securities of the Registrant are registered. 
Therefore, all exhibits required by Instruction II 



to Item 2 will be supplied to the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and are not
filed with or incorporated by reference to this Registration Statement.

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                                      SIGNATURE

    Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration 
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly 
authorized.

                                       THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY


Date:  September 2, 1997               By: /s/ Rhonda L. Brauer
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                                          Name:  Rhonda L. Brauer
                                          Title: Assistant Secretary





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