POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, David A.
Thurm, an executive officer 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 and file for and on behalf of the undersigned
a Form ID, and any amendments thereto, in order to obtain
access codes necessary to make electronic filings with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC);

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

3.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 ID, 3, 4 or 5 and the timely
filing of such form with the SEC and any other authority,
including the New York Stock Exchange; and

4.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 this 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 Exchange Act.

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 undersigneds 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 caused this Power of Attorney
 to be executed as of this  30th  day of  September, 2004.


s/ David A. Thurm
David A. Thurm