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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000910662-07-000577.txt : 20071218
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20071218102031
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000910662-07-000577
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20071217
FILED AS OF DATE:		20071218
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20071218

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEW YORK TIMES CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000071691
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NEWSPAPERS:  PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING & PRINTING [2711]
		IRS NUMBER:				131102020
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		620 EIGHTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2125561234

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		620 EIGHTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SULZBERGER ARTHUR JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001227858

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05837
		FILM NUMBER:		071311812

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NEW YHORK TIME CO
		STREET 2:		229 W 43RD ST
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		229 WEST 43RD STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036
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    <periodOfReport>2007-12-17</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000071691</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NEW YORK TIMES CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NYT.A</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001227858</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SULZBERGER ARTHUR JR</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>620 8TH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10036</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chairman and Publisher</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-12-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2629</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>16.53</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>119.228</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Delivery of shares to The New York Times Company to satisfy withholding tax obligations related to the vesting of restricted
 stock granted December 16, 2004 under the 1991 Executive Stock Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">In addition,  as previously reported, the reporting person owns 258,165 shares of Class A Common Stock indirectly by limited
 liability company as general partner of a limited partnership, 24,720 shares of Class A Common Stock indirectly by his wife
 as trustee, 1,400,000 shares of Class A Common Stock indirectly, and 450 shares of Class A Common Stock indirectly as a
 co-trustee of a trust, which is the limited partner of the limited partnership.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Theodore R. Wagner as Attorney-in-fact for Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-12-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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