Ten years ago, an attack against the weekly Charlie Hebdo caused twelve deaths and several injuries. In the following days, millions of people took part in support marches. The survivors of the satirical newspaper team were keen to continue their work. Ten years later, where are the sales of Charlie Hebdo ? Are there so many readers?
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The number released the week after the tragedy had been a sales recordwith more than eight million copies printed and stock shortages in just a few minutes everywhere France. The number of subscribers had increased from 15,000 to 260,000.
Ten years later, on newsstands or at newsagents, one thing is certain: he is therebut in very few copies. “ The companies send me two, but every week I send both back. » Steven Catal runs a kiosk in the center of Paris. He can’t sell Charlie Hebdo. “ I sell a maximum of one copy per week. Now, I received this one today, but I still have the old ones in the boxes. He is not in high demand. At the time, yes; but now, not too much », he notes on the microphone ofAlexander Alves of the French service.
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55,000 copies sold each week
On average, 55,000 copies are sold each week, including 30,000 thanks to subscriptions. Current readers are very difficult to find, old ones a little less so. But many, like Angélique, stopped buying it. “ I read a lot Charlie at the time when he made titles that enchanted me. Little by little, I stopped, because I found that what was funny intelligence passed into fairly ordinary and fairly easy vulgarity. »
Off the microphone, many express weariness and no longer recognize the newspaper with which they laughed and grew up. But Charlie remains a title that speaks to everyone, like Vincent, aged 29: “ It’s something cultural, which is part of the landscape and the panorama of the French press, even if I have never opened a single one. It is associated with a memory. »
A memory that does not translate into sales. But still still more than before the attack. In 2014, only 30,000 copies were sold each week.
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