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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 * GOLDEN MICHAEL   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) Vice Chairman (Last) (First) (Middle) THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 229 WEST 43RD STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/15/2006 (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 08/15/2006   M   11,048 A $ 19.2187 70,942 D   Class A Common Stock 08/15/2006   S   11,048 D $ 22.23 59,894 D   Class A Common Stock 08/15/2006   M   11,048 A $ 19.2187 11,048 I See footnote (1) Class A Common Stock 08/15/2006   S   11,048 D $ 22.23 0 I See footnotes (1) (2)

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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 - Rights to Buy

$ 19.2187

08/15/2006

M(3)

11,048

(4)

12/19/2006

Class A Common Stock

11,048

$ 0

0

D

Employee Stock - Rights to Buy

$ 19.2187

08/15/2006

M(5)

11,048

(4)

12/19/2006

Class A Common Stock

11,048

$ 0

0

I

See footnote (5)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
GOLDEN MICHAEL THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY 229 WEST 43RD STREET NEW YORK, NY 10036	X		Vice Chairman

Signatures

/s/Theodore R. Wagner as Attorney-in-fact for Michael Golden		08/17/2006
**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)	By Marac, LP, a limited partnership of which the reporting person's wife is the general partner.
(2)	In addition, as previously reported, the reporting person owns 287,715 shares of Class A Common Stock indirectly by a limited liability company as general partner of a limited partnership, 700 shares of Class A Common Stock indirectly by his wife, as to which shares he disclaims beneficial ownership, and 1,400,000 shares of Class A Common Stock indirectly by a trust.
(3)	Exercise of options held by reporting person directly.
(4)	In four equal installments, on December 19, 1997, December 19, 1998, December 19, 1999 and December 19, 2000.
(5)	Exercise of options held by Marac, LP, a limited partnership of which the reporting person's wife is the general partner.

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