Sally Preston Named 'Real Simple' Publisher

Exec came from archrival 'Martha Stewart Living'

The day after it named a new CEO, Time Inc. has ended another extended leadership search. Real Simple announced Thursday that Sally Preston would be its next publisher, ending a four-month process.

The major women’s lifestyle monthly has been hunting for a publisher since Evelyn Webster, executive vice president of the Lifestyle Group, moved Kevin White off the title in July to sister pub Health. Preston’s hire was in the works for a while, but was delayed by her previous employment at Real Simple rival Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, where she left in

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