Edgar Filing: NEW YORK TIMES CO

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

SULZBERGER CATHY J

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NEW YORK TIMES CO [NYT.A]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 229 WEST 43RD ST.

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/24/2007

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10036

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Options ⁽¹⁾

$ 23.935

04/24/2007

4,000

⁽¹⁾

04/24/2017

Class A Common Stock

4,000

$ 0

4,000

Phantom Stock Unit ⁽²⁾

⁽²⁾

04/24/2007

66.5964

⁽²⁾

Class A Common Stock

66.5964

⁽²⁾

2,291.3195

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SULZBERGER CATHY J THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY 229 WEST 43RD ST. NEW YORK, NY 10036	X

Signatures

/s/Theodore R. Wagner as Attorney-in-fact for Cathy J. Sulzberger		04/26/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Right to buy Class A Common Stock under The New York Times Company's 2004 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Incentive Plan. Options become exercisable on the date of the first Annual Meeting of Stockholders subsequent to the grant date. The grant date for the options reported was April 24, 2007.
(2)	Represents a discretionary grant of 66.5964 phantom stock units equal in value to dividend equivalent payments and accumulated interest on previously granted phantom stock units. Each Phantom Stock Unit was credited to the reporting person's account under The New York Times Company's Non-Employee Directors Deferral Plan, on April 24, 2007, based on the average closing price of a share of Class A Common Stock for the 30 trading days prior to the date of credit. Distribution in cash is generally made upon retirement. This transaction involved a derivative security that does not have an exercise date or expiration date.

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