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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2023-07-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001980790</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Bardeen William</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>620 EIGHTH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10018</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2998</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes the following securities held by the Reporting Person: 572 restricted stock units scheduled to vest on 02/18/2024, 617 restricted stock units scheduled to vest on 02/22/2024, 572 restricted stock units scheduled to vest on 02/18/2025, 618 restricted stock units scheduled to vest on 02/22/2025, and 619 restricted stock units scheduled to vest on 02/22/2026.  Each restricted stock unit was awarded under The New York Times Company 2020 Incentive Compensation Plan and represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit List Ex 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael A. Brown, Attorney-in-fact for William Bardeen</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-07-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
