POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned, Catherine J. Mathis, an
executive 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,
her 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 Companys 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 undersigneds
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 3
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
29th day of October, 2004.

s/Catherine J. Mathis
Catherine J. Mathis