The New York Times Company announced today that its third-quarter earnings conference call will be held on Thursday, October 23, at 11:00 a.m. E.T. The Company’s earnings announcement will be released before the market opens that morning and will be available on www.nytco.com.

To access the call, dial (877) 741-4245 (in the U.S.) and (719) 325-4830 (international callers). Participants should dial into the conference call approximately 10 minutes before the start time. Online listeners can link to the live webcast at www.nytco.com/investors.

An archive of the webcast will be available beginning two hours after the call at www.nytco.com/investors, and a transcript of the call will also be posted. The archive and transcript will be available for one quarter.

An audio replay will be available at 888-203-1112 (in the U.S.) and 719-457-0820 (international callers) beginning approximately two hours after the call until 5 p.m. E.T. on Friday, October 24. The access code is 4044846.

The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT), a leading media company with 2007 revenues of $3.2 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other daily newspapers, WQXR-FM and more than 50 Web sites, including www.NYTimes.com, www.Boston.com and www.About.com. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

This press release can be downloaded from www.nytco.com

The New York Times Company
Paula Schwartz, 212-556-5224
paula.schwartz@nytimes.com