EXHIBIT 21
 
                       SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY(1)(2)
 

                                                                 JURISDICTION OF
                                                                  INCORPORATION
                                                                        OR
         NAME OF SUBSIDIARY                                       ORGANIZATION
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Affiliated Publications, Inc..................................   Massachusetts
  Globe Newspaper Company.....................................   Massachusetts
  Boston Globe Electronic Publishing, Inc.....................   Massachusetts
  Boston Globe Investments, Inc...............................   Massachusetts
    Zakrewski Ltd. Partnership (99%)..........................   Massachusetts
  Community Newsdealers Inc...................................   Massachusetts
  Globe Specialty Products, Inc...............................   Massachusetts
    New England Direct, Inc...................................   Massachusetts
  Retail Sales, Inc...........................................   Massachusetts
  Wilson Tisdale Company......................................   Massachusetts
Comet-Press Newspapers, Inc...................................   Delaware
Crossroads Holding Corporation................................   New Jersey
Cruising World Publications, Inc..............................   Delaware
Donohue Malbaie Inc. (49%)....................................   Canada
Fernandina Beach News-Leader, Inc.............................   Florida
Gainesville Sun Publishing Company............................   Florida
Golf Digest/Tennis, Inc.......................................   Delaware
Golf World Limited............................................   United Kingdom
Hendersonville Newspaper Corporation..........................   North Carolina
International Herald Tribune S.A. (50%).......................   France
Lake City Reporter, Inc.......................................   Florida
Lakeland Ledger Publishing Corporation........................   Florida
London Bureau Limited.........................................   United Kingdom
Northern SC Paper Corporation (80%)...........................   Delaware
  Madison Paper Industries (partnership)......................   Maine
NYT 1896T, Inc................................................   Delaware
NYTRNG, Inc...................................................   Delaware
NYT Special Services, Inc. ...................................   Delaware
Ocala Star-Banner Corporation.................................   Florida
110 Fifth Avenue Corporation..................................   Iowa
Retail Magazines Marketing Company, Inc.......................   New York
  Time Distribution Services (partnership) (37%)..............   New York
Rome Bureau S.r.l.............................................   Italy
Sarasota Herald-Tribune Co....................................   Florida
Sebring News-Sun, Inc.........................................   Florida
The Dispatch Publishing Company, Inc..........................   North Carolina
The Houma Courier Newspaper Corporation.......................   Delaware
The Leesburg Daily Commercial, Inc............................   Florida
The New York Times Broadcasting Service, Inc..................   Tennessee
  Interstate Broadcasting Company, Inc........................   New York
  The Times Southwest Broadcasting, Inc.......................   Arkansas
The New York Times Distribution Corporation...................   Delaware
The New York Times Sales, Inc.................................   Delaware
The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation..............   Delaware
The Palatka Daily News, Inc...................................   Florida
Times Leasing, Inc............................................   Delaware
Times On-Line Services, Inc...................................   New Jersey
TSP Newspapers, Inc...........................................   Delaware
  Times Daily, Inc............................................   Alabama
Wilmington Star-News, Inc.....................................   New York
WNEP-TV, Inc..................................................   Pennsylvania

 
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    (1)  100% owned unless otherwise indicated.
 
    (2)  The names of certain subsidiaries have been omitted because, considered
         in the aggregate, as a single subsidiary, they would not constitute a
         significant subsidiary.