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Stock-Based Awards - Other Information (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2014
performance_measure
Dec. 29, 2013
Dec. 30, 2012
Dec. 26, 2010
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Stock-based compensation expense $ 8,900,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 8,800,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 4,500,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense  
Pool of excess tax benefits 26,000,000nyt_ExcessTaxBenefitsToAbsorbTaxDeficiencies      
Payments under long term incentive plan based on total shareholder return during year 1,000,000nyt_PaymentsUnderLongTermIncentivePlanBasedOnTotalShareholderReturnDuringYear 9,000,000nyt_PaymentsUnderLongTermIncentivePlanBasedOnTotalShareholderReturnDuringYear 12,000,000nyt_PaymentsUnderLongTermIncentivePlanBasedOnTotalShareholderReturnDuringYear  
Length of performance measurement period for long-term incentive compensation (in years) 3 years      
Number of financial performance measures considered for long-term incentive compensation awards 2nyt_NumberofFinancialPerformanceMeasuresConsideredforLongTermIncentiveCompensationAwards      
Unrecognized compensation expense releted to the unvested portion of our stock-based awards 12,500,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized      
Weighted average years to be recognized over 1 year 6 months 4 days      
Cash-settled Restricted Stock Units [Member]        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Vesting period       3 years
Restricted stock units vested, intrinsic value   $ 1,500,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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= nyt_CashSettledRestrictedStockUnitsMember		 $ 3,700,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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= nyt_CashSettledRestrictedStockUnitsMember		  
2010 Incentive Plan [Member] | Stock Option [Member]        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Award term 10 years      
Vesting period 3 years      
2004 Directors' Plan [Member] | Non-Employee Director Stock Options [Member]        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Maximum issuance of shares authorized for directors 500,000nyt_MaximumIssuanceOfSharesAuthorizedForDirectors
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= nyt_DirectorsPlan2004Member
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= us-gaap_DirectorMember		      
Annual stock option grant to directors 4,000nyt_AnnualStockOptionGrantToDirectors
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= nyt_DirectorsPlan2004Member
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember		      
2004 Directors' Plan [Member] | Non-Employee Director Stock Options [Member] | Stock Option [Member]        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Award term 10 years 10 years    
Vesting period   1 year    
Minimum [Member]        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Percentage of target number of performance awards granted 0.00%nyt_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardPercentageofTargetNumberofPerformanceAwardsGranted
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= us-gaap_MinimumMember		      
Maximum [Member]        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Percentage of target number of performance awards granted 200.00%nyt_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardPercentageofTargetNumberofPerformanceAwardsGranted
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= us-gaap_MaximumMember