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Sales of "Charlie Hebdo" stabilize

9/2/2020, 3:45:38 PM


Five years after the attack, the profits from the wave of solidarity still support the satirical weekly, but its sales have fallen.

Shocked by the attack that struck

Charlie Hebdo's

editorial staff on January 7, 2015

, the French had formed long queues in front of the newsagents to support the satirical newspaper.

More than 8 million copies of the number titled “Tout est pardonné”, published after the massacre, have been sold.

The number of subscribers suddenly dropped from 15,000 to 260,000.

Five years later, the profits drawn from this wave of solidarity are still supporting

Charlie Hebdo

while the weekly's sales have fallen.

Charlie

sells around 55,000 copies each week, including 30,000 by subscription.

This number has been stable overall for two years.

It is above all higher than what the weekly sales were before the attack.

In 2014, the satirical newspaper sold 30,000 copies per week.

15 million in reserve

Charlie Hebdo's

turnover

has also been declining for five years.

19.4 million euros in 2016;

11.3 million in 2017;

8.5 million in 2018

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