Ownership Submission
FORM 5
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Form 3 Holdings Reported
Form 4 Transactions Reported
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

ANNUAL 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)

THE NEW YORK TIMES CO, 229 W 43RD ST		 3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year)
12/28/2003
(Street)


NEW YORK, NY 10036		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
02/11/2004		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
(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 at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock 12/15/2003   G 490 A $ 0 108,868 (1) D  
Class A Common Stock 12/16/2003   G 490 A $ 0 109,358 (1) D  
Class A Common Stock 12/15/2003   G 490 A $ 0 23,280 I By wife as trustee
Class A Common Stock 12/16/2003   G 490 A $ 0 23,770 I By wife as trustee
Class A Common Stock 09/30/2003   G(2) 321,840 A $ 0 321,840 I By limited liability company as general partner of limited partnership
Class A Common Stock 12/11/2003   G(3) 2,625 D $ 0 319,215 I By limited liability company as general partner of limited partnership
Class A Common Stock 12/11/2003   G(3) 2,625 A $ 0 2,625 I By trust
Class A Common Stock 12/11/2003   G(4) 2,625 D $ 0 0 I By trust (5)

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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 at End of Issuer's Fiscal Year
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
(A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
SULZBERGER ARTHUR JR
THE NEW YORK TIMES CO
229 W 43RD ST
NEW YORK, NY 10036		   X     Chairman and Publisher  

Signatures

/s/Theodore R. Wagner as Attorney-in-fact for Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. 03/14/2005
**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) Includes 511 shares acquired in November 2003 under the New York Times Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) pursuant to Rule 16b-3(c).
(2) The reporting person and his three siblings are the members of a limited liability company (the "LLC"). On September 30, 2003, the LLC entered into a limited partnership agreement with Mr. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, to create a limited partnership (the "LP") with the LLC as the general partner and Mr. Sulzberger as the sole limited partner. Mr. Sulzberger transferred 321,840 shares to the LP as his capital contribution for his limited partnership interest in the LP.
(3) On December 11, 2003, the LP distributed 2,625 shares to the Arthur Ochs Sulzberger 2003 Charitable Lead Trust (the "Trust"), which had previously acquired from Mr. Sulzberger his limited partnership interest in the LP (see footnote (2)). The reporting person and his three siblings are the sole trustees and remaindermen of the Trust.
(4) On December 11, 2003, the Trust transferred 2,625 shares to unrelated charities as a gift.
(5) In addition, as previously reported, the reporting person owns 1,400,000 shares of Class A Common Stock indirectly by a trust.

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