Revenue - Digital-only Subscription Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 26, 2022	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 26, 2022
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 590,853	$ 555,680	$ 1,151,592	$ 1,093,105
Subscription
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 409,590	$ 383,619	$ 807,132	$ 755,598
Subscription | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Subscription | Digital
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 269,774	$ 238,727	$ 528,541	$ 465,489
Subscription | Digital | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	65.90%	62.20%	65.50%	61.60%
Subscription | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 139,816	$ 144,892	$ 278,591	$ 290,109
Subscription | Print | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	34.10%	37.80%	34.50%	38.40%
Domestic home delivery subscription revenues | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 126,024	$ 131,080	$ 251,901	$ 262,472
Domestic home delivery subscription revenues | Print | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	30.80%	34.20%	31.20%	34.70%
Single copy, NYT International and Other subscription revenues | Print
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 13,792	$ 13,812	$ 26,690	$ 27,637
Single copy, NYT International and Other subscription revenues | Print | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Subscription Revenue Benchmark | Product concentration risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
As % of total	3.40%	3.60%	3.30%	3.70%