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Ten years ago, France was plunged into horror by the attack on Charlie Hebdo. Since that day when everything changed, the satirical newspaper has been trying to get back on track despite a drop in sales. But on this terrible tenth anniversary, the news is intended to be reassuring…
Charlie Hebdo: 10 years later, this enormous reserve of money which should ensure the future of the newspaper for a long time to come
On January 7, 2015, the capital was hit by an attack targeting the newspaper’s headquarters. Charlie Hebdo In total, twelve victims lose their livesincluding eight among the members of the editorial staff. The cartoonists Cabu, Charb, Tignous, Honoré and Wolinski died under the bullets of the terrorists, as well as Bernard Maris, economist and columnist, Mustapha Ourrad, proofreader, and Elsa Cayat, psychoanalyst and columnist. Simon Fieschi, the former webmaster seriously injured during the killings, . For her part, Coco, who was also present that day, is alive but.
Ten years after this terrible attack, the satirical newspaper continues its fight for freedom of expression. Although after the attack, sales exploded (eight million copies sold for the survivors number), over the years, these have decreased significantly. Today, sales of Charlie Hebdo revolve around 50,000 copies per issuedistributed between 30,000 subscriptions and 18,000 to 20,000 newsstand sales, i.e. half as many as in 2017, according to our colleagues at Figaro.
The revival of Charlie Hebdo
But the good news is that despite this drastic drop in sales, the economic state of the newspaper is reassuring. Still according to Le Figaro, “Since 2019, its turnover has stabilized around 8 million euros per yearmore than the income earned before the attacks, around 5 million euros per year“. The newspaper even experienced an increase in 2023, and this trend seems to be confirmed for the year 2024. In addition, Charlie Hebdo benefits from a major advantage: a reserve of 15 and 20 million euros intended to perpetuate the newspaper. The editorial team owes this colossal sum to Julien Serignac, general director from 2017 to 2022.
Ten years after the attack, the editorial staff of Charlie Hebdo has reconsolidated and has today nineteen journalists and around twenty freelancers. But to avoid falling back into horror, the newspaper had to invest millions in securing the premises. In total, these costs amount to around 1.5 million euros per year. The sad price to pay to protect yourself from external threats. Today, the building whose address is kept secret is ultra-secure.
