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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 ARTHUR JR   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 __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman and Publisher (Last) (First) (Middle) NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 8TH AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/19/2009 (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 Class A Common Stock 02/19/2009   A   50,000 A $ 0 158,359 D (1)

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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

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Options - Rights to Buy

$ 3.625

02/19/2009

A

500,000

(2)

02/19/2019

Class A Common Stock

500,000

$ 0

500,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SULZBERGER ARTHUR JR NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY 620 8TH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10036	X		Chairman and Publisher

Signatures

/s/Theodore R. Wagner as Attorney-in-fact for Arthur J. Sulzberger, Jr.		02/23/2009
**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)	In addition, as previously reported, the reporting person owns 141,235 shares of Class A Common Stock indirectly by limited liability company as general partner of a limited partnership, 25,920 shares of Class A Common Stock indirectly by his wife as trustee, as to which shares he disclaims beneficial ownership, 1,400,000 shares of Class A Common Stock indirectly by a trust, 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. The 25,920 shares of Class A Common Stock held indirectly by the reporting person's wife as trustee include 1,200 shares of Class A Common Stock transferred to the trust as a gift on March 9, 2005 and March 16, 2005, which transfers had inadvertently not been previously reported.
(2)	The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning February 19, 2010.

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