POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, Thomas
Middelhoff, a Non-Employee Director of The New York Times
Company (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Solomon B. Watson IV, Kenneth A. Richieri and Rhonda
L. Brauer, and each of them acting individually, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

1.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4
and 5 relating to the Company's Class A Common Stock, in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

2.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the
execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any other authority, including the New York Stock Exchange; and

3.	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed
by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to the
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming that
such attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned cause this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the 22nd day of September 2003.

               			        Signature : /s/ Thomas Middelhoff
				       	Name:   Thomas Middelhoff