MediaBuyerPlanner: The New York Times Co. has reported a net loss of $543.4 million for 2006, largely due to an $814.4 million charge to drop the value of the company's struggling New England properties,the Boston Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, writes BtoB.

In 2005, the company reported a net income of $253.5 million.

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