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Exhibit 21

Subsidiaries of the Company^1,2

Name of Subsidiary				Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization
NYT Capital, Inc.				Delaware
	City & Suburban Delivery Systems, Inc			Delaware
	Comet-Press Newspapers, Inc.			Delaware
		Comet-Press Newspapers Holdings, Inc.		Delaware
	Donohue Malbaie Inc. (49%)			Canada
	Globe Newspaper Company, Inc			Massachussetts
		Boston Globe Electronic Publishing, LLC		Delaware
		Boston Globe Marketing, LLC		Delaware
		Community Newsdealers Holdings, Inc.		Delaware
		Globe Specialty Products, LLC		Delaware
		New England Direct LLC (50%)		Delaware
		Retail Sales, LLC		Delaware
	Hendersonville Newspaper Corporation			North Carolina
		Hendersonville Newspaper Holdings, Inc.		Delaware
	Lakeland Ledger Publishing Corporation			Florida
		Lakeland Ledger Holdings, Inc.		Delaware
	Midtown Insurance Company			New York
	NYT Holdings, Inc.			Delaware
		NYT Broadcast Holdings, LLC		Delaware
			New York Times Management Services	Massachussetts
	NYT Management Services, Inc.			Delaware
	NYT Shared Service Center, Inc.			Delaware
		International Media Concepts, Inc.		Delaware
	The Dispatch Publishing Company, Inc.			North Carolina
		The Dispatch Publishing Holdings, Inc.		Delaware
	The Houma Courier Newspaper Corporation			Delaware
		The Houma Courier Newspaper Holdings, Inc		Delaware
	The New York Times Distribution Corporation			Delaware
	The New York Times Electronic Media Company			Delaware
	The New York Times Sales Company			Massachussetts
	The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation			Delaware
	The Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Inc.			Delaware
	Times Leasing, Inc.			Delaware
	Times On-Line Services, Inc.			New Jersey
	Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corporation			Massachussetts
		Worcester Telegram & Gazette Holdings, Inc.		Delaware
The New York Times Company				New York
	Discovery Times Channel LLC (50%)			Delaware
	International Herald Tribune S.A.S.			France
	London Bureau Limited			United Kingdom
	Madison Paper Industries (partnership) (40%)			Maine
	NYT Administradora de Bens e Servicos Ltda.			Brazil
	NYT Press Services, LLC			Delaware
	NYT Real Estate Company LLC			New York
	The New York Times Building LLC (58%)			New York
	Rome Bureau S.r.l.			Italy

¹

100% owned unless otherwise indicated.

²

The names of certain subsidiaries have been omitted because, considered in the aggregate, as a single subsidiary, they would not constitute a significant subsidiary.

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Exhibit 21

Subsidiaries of the Company^1,2