FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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

OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5

(Print or Type Responses)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS MASTER FUND I, LTD.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NEW YORK TIMES CO [NYT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below) * See Remarks (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O INTERNATIONAL FUND SERVICES LIMITED, THIRD FL, BISHOP'S SQUARE REDMOND'S HILL 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/20/2008 (Street) DUBLIN, L2 00000 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ 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 (par value $0.10 per share) 11/21/2008   P   50,000 A $ 5.1226 28,538,434 D (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)   Class A Common Stock (par value $0.10 per share)               200 D (1) (2) (3)

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
	Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.		SEC 1474 (9-02)

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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS MASTER FUND I, LTD. C/O INTERNATIONAL FUND SERVICES LIMITED THIRD FL, BISHOP'S SQUARE REDMOND'S HILL DUBLIN, L2 00000		X		* See Remarks
HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS NY, LLC C/O HARBINGER CAP PTNRS OFFSHORE MGR LLC 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600 BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203		X		* See Remarks
HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS OFFSHORE MANAGER, L.L.C. 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH SUITE 600 BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203		X		* See Remarks
HMC INVESTORS, L.L.C. 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH SUITE 600 BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203		X		* See Remarks
FALCONE PHILIP 555 MADISON AVE 16TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10022		X		* See Remarks
HARBERT RAYMOND J 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH SUITE 600 BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203		X		* See Remarks
LUCE MICHAEL D 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH SUITE 600 BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203		X		* See Remarks
FIREBRAND INVESTMENTS, LLC 210 LITTLE NOYAC PATH, WATER MILL NEW YORK, NY 11976		X		* See Remarks
GALLOWAY SCOTT 40 WEST 4TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10014		X		* See Remarks

Signatures

Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd., By: Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Manager, L.L.C., By: HMC Investors, L.L.C., Managing Member, By: /s/ Joel B. Piassick, Executive Vice President		11/24/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Harbinger Capital Partners, NY, LLC, By: Harbinger Capital Master Fund I, Ltd., By: Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Manager, L.L.C., its Investment Manager, By: HMC Investors, L.L.C., its Managing Member, By: /s/ Joel B. Piassick, Executive VP		11/24/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Manager, L.L.C., By: HMC Investors, L.L.C., Managing Member, By: /s/ Joel B. Piassick, Executive VP		11/24/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
HMC Investors, L.L.C., By: /s/ Joel B. Piassick, Executive VP		11/24/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Philip Falcone		11/24/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Raymond J. Harbert		11/24/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Michael D. Luce		11/24/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Firebrand Investments, LLC, By: /s/ Scott Galloway, Founder and CIO		11/24/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Scott Galloway		11/24/2008
**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)	IMPORTANT NOTE: THE SECURITIES SET FORTH IN THIS REPORT ARE DIRECTLY BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS MASTER FUND I, LTD., HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P. AND/OR HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS NY, LLC (COLLECTIVELY, THE "FUNDS"). ALL OTHER REPORTING PERSONS ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THIS REPORT DUE TO THEIR AFFILIATION WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FUNDS.
(2)	Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd., or the Master Fund, is the direct beneficial owner of 200 shares of Issuer's class A common stock, or the Shares, and the indirect beneficial owner of the 28,538,434 Shares directly beneficially owned by the LLC (see Note 4).
(3)	Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Manager, L.L.C., or Harbinger Management, is the investment manager of the Master Fund. HMC Investors, L.L.C., or HMC Investors, is the managing member of Harbinger Management. Philip Falcone is a member of HMC Investors and the portfolio manager of the Master Fund. Raymond J. Harbert and Michael D. Luce are members of HMC Investors. Each of Harbinger Management, HMC Investors and Messrs. Falcone, Harbert and Luce may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly or indirectly by the Master Fund. Such persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.
(4)	Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P., or the Special Situations Fund, does not own any Shares of the Issuer directly or indirectly. The Special Situations Fund is a party to certain equity swap transactions reported on Table II of Section 16 filings with respect to the Issuer.
(5)	Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations GP, LLC, or HCPSS, is the general partner of the Special Situations Fund, HMC-New York, Inc., or HMCNY, is the managing member of HCPSS. Harbert Management Corporation, or HMC, is the parent of HMCNY. Philip Falcone is a shareholder of HMC and the portfolio manager of the Special Situations Fund. Raymond J. Harbert and Michael D. Luce are shareholders of HMC. Each of HCPSS, HMCNY, HMC, and Messrs. Falcone, Harbert and Luce may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly or indirectly by the Special Situations Fund. Such persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.
(6)	The Master Fund, the Special Situations Fund and Firebrand Investments, LLC, or Firebrand Investments, are members of the LLC. Scott Galloway is the managing member of Firebrand Investments. The Master Fund has sole investment control over the securities directly owned by the LLC that were contributed to the LLC by the Master Fund or purchased using capital contributions of the Master Fund to the LLC.
(7)	Under the terms of the operating agreement of the LLC, Firebrand Investments has an interest in the net profits from investments in the Issuer that are made by the Master Fund and the Special Situations Fund, including direct investments and indirect investments through the LLC. Mr. Galloway may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own securities that are beneficially owned by Firebrand Investments. Firebrand Investments and Mr. Galloway disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities beneficially owned by the LLC, the Master Fund and the Special Situations Fund, except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.
Remarks: (*) The Reporting Persons and the other persons referred to the footnotes to this Statement may be deemed to be members of a  "group" for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of any  securities deemed to be owned by the group that are not directly owned by the reporting person. This Statement shall not be  deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is a member of a group or the beneficial owner of any securities not directly  owned by such Reporting Person. (**) Given that the EDGAR system limits the number of filers on an electronic submission filed under Section 16 to a maximum  of ten, the shares reported herein as indirectly beneficially owned by Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund,  L.P., Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations GP, LLC, HMC-New York, Inc. and Harbert Management Corporation are also  being reported on a separate Form 4 as directly beneficially owned by such entities.

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number.