Revenue - Advertising Revenues (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 25, 2022	Sep. 26, 2021	Sep. 25, 2022	Sep. 26, 2021
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 547,680	$ 509,103	$ 1,640,785	$ 1,480,645
Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Advertising benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Subscription
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 382,672	$ 342,609	$ 1,138,270	$ 1,010,910
Advertising
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 110,467	$ 110,887	$ 344,116	$ 320,777
Digital | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	63.70%	58.00%	62.30%	56.20%
Digital | Advertising benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	63.60%	60.40%	60.00%	61.60%
Digital | Subscription
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 243,889	$ 198,633	$ 709,378	$ 568,378
Digital | Advertising
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 70,282	$ 66,981	$ 206,588	$ 197,472
Print | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	36.30%	42.00%	37.70%	43.80%
Print | Advertising benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	36.40%	39.60%	40.00%	38.40%
Print | Subscription
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 138,783	$ 143,976	$ 428,892	$ 442,532
Print | Advertising
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	40,185	43,906	137,528	123,305
Print | Domestic home delivery subscription revenues
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 124,653	$ 128,895	$ 387,125	$ 398,045
Print | Domestic home delivery subscription revenues | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	32.60%	37.60%	34.00%	39.40%
Print | Single copy, NYT International and other subscription revenues
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total advertising	$ 14,130	$ 15,081	$ 41,767	$ 44,487
Print | Single copy, NYT International and other subscription revenues | Subscription revenue benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	3.70%	4.40%	3.70%	4.40%