SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d)of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 16, 2005

The New York Times Company

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

New York	1-5837	13-1102020
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

229 West 43d Street, New York, New York		10036
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 556-1234

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On June 16, 2005, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The New York Times Company (the “Company”) elected James M. Kilts as a member of the Board, to serve a term that will expire at the 2006 annual meeting of shareholders.

A copy of the Company’s press release dated June 16, 2005, announcing Mr. Kilts’s election to the Board, is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)		Exhibit

		Exhibit 99.1 The New York Times Company Press Release dated June 16, 2005

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY


Date: June 16, 2005	By:	/s/ Rhonda L. Brauer
		Rhonda L. Brauer
		Secretary and Senior Counsel

Exhibit List

Exhibit 99.1 The New York Times Company Press Release dated June 16, 2005

Exhibit 99.1

Press Release

Contact:	Kathy J. Park, 212-556-4059; E-mail: kpark@nytimes.com
	This press release can be downloaded from www.nytco.com

JAMES M. KILTS JOINS THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NEW YORK, June, 16, 2005 — The New York Times Company announced today that James M. Kilts, chairman, president and CEO of The Gillette Company, has been elected to its Board of Directors.

“We are delighted to have Jim join our Board,” said Arthur Sulzberger Jr., chairman of the Times Company. “He has 30 years of consumer products industry experience under his belt and is highly regarded as an innovator and industry leader. His skills, expertise and leadership will benefit us greatly.”

Mr. Kilts, 57, has been chairman, president and CEO of Gillette since 2001. He was president and CEO of Nabisco Holdings Corporation from 1998 to 2000. Before joining Nabisco, Mr. Kilts headed the $27 billion worldwide food group of Philip Morris, where he was an executive vice president from 1994 to 1997. In that role, he was responsible for integrating Kraft and General Foods worldwide and for shaping the group’s domestic and international strategy and plans. Prior to that position, Mr. Kilts served as president of Kraft and Oscar Mayer. He had previously served as senior vice president of strategy and development; president of Kraft Limited in Canada; and senior vice president of Kraft International. Mr. Kilts began his career with General Foods Corporation in 1970.

Mr. Kilts received a B.A. degree in history in 1970 from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. He received his M.B.A in 1974 from the University of Chicago.

The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2004 revenues of $3.3 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other newspapers, eight network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and more than 40 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. For the fifth consecutive year, the Company was ranked No. 1 in the publishing industry in Fortune’s 2005 list of America’s Most Admired Companies. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

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