POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that
the undersigned, Doreen A. Toben, 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, as her 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 13th day of April, 2004.


x Doreen A. Toben x


     Scott H. Heekin-Canedy