December 16, 2015
Charlie Hebdo Makes Major Donation To Victims Of Paris Attacks
One of the questions after the murders of
Charlie Hebdo staffers, creators and people in close proximity to the magazine back in January is what the magazine might do with the massive amount of money that came into the publication due to the event and what many felt was an important gesture to support the publication after that particular tragedy. This was revealed to be an even more difficult story when issues of ownership and fealty to those that continued to work on the publication were raised.
My impression is that a lot of that initial pressure was worked through internally.
Charlie Hebdo has now responded to the recent attacks on Paris from a slightly different viewpoint: that of an institution people look towards at times like these.
It will apparently facilitate a $4.4M (USD) donation to the government for the victims of the attacks, and has been the focal point of donations from interested people all over the world that remember
Charlie Hebdo's role in a similar act of violence. That is a heck of a place for a cartoon magazine to occupy.
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