Carey Lured Back to New Yorker

David Carey is returning to his previous post as publisher of Conde Nast’s New Yorker after six months as chief executive of the unit that publishes Gruner + Jahr USA’s Fast Company and Inc. magazines.

With Carey’s return, David Kahn, Carey’s No. 2 at the New Yorker before moving up to publisher, will shift over to lead the Conde Nast Image Center, newly created to oversee licensing and marketing, a Conde Nast spokeswoman said.

Carey, New Yorker publisher from 1998 until earlier this year, entered business and technology publishing during an advertising freefall.