-soap.ChristerandArnhadthenbeeamediaitem.
Atthirty-six,Malmwasasought-afterprofessionalphotographeranddesignerwhogaveMillenniumamodernlook.HeranhisbusinessfromanofficeonthesamefloorasMillennium,andhedidgraphicdesignoneweekineverymonth.
TheMillenniumstaffconsistedofthreefull-timeemployees,afull-timetrainee,andtwopart-timers.Itwasnotalucrativeaffair,butthemagazinebrokeeven,andthecirculationandadvertisingrevenuehadincreasedgraduallybutsteadily.Untiltodaythemagazinewasknownforitsfrankandreliableeditorialstyle.
Nowthesituationwouldinallprobabilitybechanging.BlomkvistreadthroughthepressreleasewhichheandBergerhaddraftedandwhichhadquicklybeenconvertedtoawireservicestoryfromTTthatwasalreadyuponAftonbladet’swebsite.
CONVICTEDREPORTERLEAVESMILLENNIUM
Stockholm.JournalistMikaelBlomkvistisleavinghispostaspublisherofthemagazineMillennium,reportseditorinchiefandmajorityshareholderErikaBerger.
BlomkvistisleavingMillenniumofhisownchoice.“He’sexhaustedafterthedramaofrecentmonthsandneedstimeoff,”saysBerger,whowilltakeovertheroleofpublisher.
BlomkvistwasoneofthefoundersofMillennium,startedin1990.Bergerdoesnotthinkthatthemagazinewillsufferinthewakeoftheso-called“Wennerstr?maffair.”
Themagazinewilleoutasusualnextmonth,saysBerger.
“MikaelBlomkvisthasplayedamajorroleinthemagazine’sdevelopment,butnowwe’returninganewpage.”
BergerstatesthatsheregardstheWennerstr?maffairastheresultofaseriesofunfortunatecircumstances.SheregretsthenuisancetowhichHans-ErikWennerstr?mwassubjected.Blomkvistcouldnotbereachedforment.
“Itmakesmemad,”Bergersaidwhenthepressreleasewasemailedout.“Mostpeoplearegoingtothinkthatyou’reanidiotandI’mabitchwho’stakingtheopportunitytosackyou.”
“Atleastourfriendswillhavesomethingnewtolaughabout.”Blomkvisttriedtomakelightofit;shewasnottheleastamused.
“Idon’thaveaplanB,butIthinkwe’remakingamistake,”shesaid.
“It’stheonlywayout.Ifthemagazinecollapses,allouryearsofworkwillhavebeeninvain.We