He had excellent relationships with Richard Parsons and Jeffrey Bewkes, the former and current chief executives of Time Warner, which came in handy, given that the leadership at Time Inc. became somewhat chaotic after the departure of Don Logan, the former chief executive of Time Inc. and a mentor of Mr. Huey.
In 1986, he was named chief executive of Time's magazine division and chief executive of Time Inc. in 1990.
Gerald M. Levin, chairman of Time Warner, and Don Logan, chief executive of Time Inc., joined Mr. Pearlstine.
Don Logan, the chief executive of Time Inc., does not buy the scale-is-everything argument.
The changes were announced by Ann Moore, chairwoman and chief executive of Time Inc., a division of Time Warner.
Reginald K. Brack, the former chairman and chief executive of Time Inc., said he was now more focused on making long-term investments.
Laura Lang, the new chief executive of Time Inc., is enlisting for the task insights from her previous job running Digitas, the digital advertising firm.
Mr. Griffin, who was ousted as chief executive of Time Inc. in 2011, will become the new head of Tribune Publishing in mid-April.
Don Logan, the chief executive of Time Inc., said the market had simply become too competitive for the survival of a general-interest magazine.
"The transformation has been dramatic," said Francis Greenburger, chief executive of Time Equities Inc., which owns half a dozen residential buildings in the area.
