SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 555 MADISON AVENUE 16TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)	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
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/20/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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 )

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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
Equity Swap	( 8 )	11/20/2008		J			1 ( 8 )	( 8 )	( 8 )	Class A Common Stock	140,000	$5.97	1 ( 8 )	D ( 1 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) ( 8 )

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 555 MADISON AVENUE 16TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HARBERT MANAGEMENT CORP (Last) (First) (Middle) 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH SUITE 600 (Street) BIRMINGHAM AL 35203 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS SPECIAL SITUATIONS GP, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 555 MADISON AVENUE 16TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HMC - NEW YORK, INC. (Last) (First) (Middle) 555 MADISON AVENUE 16TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

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.

8. On Nov. 20, 2008, the Special Situations Fund closed out a certain equity swap transaction with the counterparty thereto in the amount of 140,000 notional Shares at a price of $5.97. The terms of the equity swap transaction did not contemplate interim payments of appreciation or depreciation of the Shares, the Special Situations Fund was not entitled to any dividends on the Shares or equivalent thereof, and neither party acquired any ownership interest, voting or similar rights, or dispositive power over any Share under the equity swap transaction.

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 Master Fund I, Ltd., Harbinger Capital Partners NY, LLC, Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Manager, L.L.C., HMC Investors, L.L.C., Philip Falcone, Raymond J. Harbert, Michael D. Luce, Firebrand Investments, LLC and Scott Galloway are also being reported on a separate Form 4 as directly beneficially owned by such persons and entities.

	Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. , By: Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations GP, LLC, By: HMC - New York, Inc., Managing Member, By: /s/ Joel B. Piassick, Executive VP	11/24/2008
	Harbert Management Corporation, By: /s/ Joel B. Piassick, Executive Vice President	11/24/2008
	Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations GP, LLC, By: HMC-New York, Inc., Managing member, By: /s/ Joel B. Piassick, Executive Vice President	11/24/2008
	HMC-New York, Inc., By: /s/ Joel B. Piassick, Executive Vice President	11/24/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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