Charlie Hebdo

Extracted Attributes

• Award

  Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême

• Founded

  1970-01-01

• Founders

  François Cavanna and Professeur Choron

• Headquarters

  Paris, France

• Name Etymology

  Charlie (referencing Charlie Brown) and Hebdo (short for hebdomadaire, meaning weekly)

• Editor-in-Chief

  Gérard Biard

• Political Alignment

  Left-wing radicalism, Secularism, Libertarian

• Publication Frequency

  Weekly (Every Wednesday)

Timeline

• Charlie Hebdo is founded after the monthly magazine Hara-Kiri is banned for mocking the death of Charles de Gaulle. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1970-01-01

• The magazine ceases publication due to financial difficulties. (Source: Web Search (EBSCO))

  1981-01-01

• The magazine is resurrected and resumes publication under editor Philippe Val. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1992-01-01

• Charlie Hebdo reprints controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad originally published by Jyllands-Posten. (Source: Web Search (CNN))

  2006-01-01

• The magazine's offices are firebombed following the publication of a Muhammad caricature on the cover. (Source: Web Search (Wikipedia))

  2011-11-01

• Two Islamist gunmen attack the Paris headquarters, killing 12 people and wounding 11 others. (Source: Web Search (Wikipedia))

  2015-01-07

• The magazine is the target of a third terrorist attack. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2020-09-01

• A French court convicts 14 accomplices involved in the 2015 Charlie Hebdo and Jewish supermarket attacks. (Source: Web Search (Wikipedia))

  2020-12-16

• Charlie Hebdo marks the 10th anniversary of the 2015 attacks by announcing winners of its #MockingGod cartoon contest. (Source: Web Search (DW.com))

  2025-01-07

Charlie Hebdo

Charlie Hebdo (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁli ɛbdo]; French for 'Charlie Weekly') is a French satirical weekly magazine founded by François Cavanna and Professeur Choron in 1970, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes. The publication has been described as anti-racist, sceptical, secular, libertarian, and within the tradition of left-wing radicalism, publishing articles about the far right (especially the French nationalist National Rally party), religion (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism), politics and culture. Charlie Hebdo has been the target of three terrorist attacks: in 2011, 2015, and 2020. All of them were presumed to be in response to a number of cartoons that it published controversially depicting Muhammad. In the second of these attacks, 12 people were killed, including publishing director Charb and several other prominent cartoonists. In the aftermath, Charlie Hebdo and its publications became internationally recognized as symbols of free speech, culminating in the "Je Suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie") movement, which underscored the global defense of freedom of expression and opposition to censorship. Since its founding, Charlie Hebdo has been a vocal advocate for free expression and secularism, using satire to critique organized religion, political movements, and other centers of power. Charlie Hebdo first appeared in 1970 after the monthly Hara-Kiri magazine was banned for mocking the death of a former French president, Charles de Gaulle. In 1981, publication ceased, but the magazine was resurrected in 1992. The magazine is published every Wednesday, with special editions issued on an unscheduled basis sporadically. Gérard Biard is the current editor-in-chief of Charlie Hebdo. The previous editors were François Cavanna (1970–1981) and Philippe Val (1992–2009).

Web Search Results

• Charlie Hebdo (magazine) | Research Starters - EBSCO

  Research Starters Home EBSCO Knowledge Advantage TM # Charlie Hebdo (magazine) Charlie Hebdo is a French weekly satirical magazine known for its provocative cartoons and editorial content that often critiques politicians, public figures, and religions. Originally launched in the 1960s as Hara-Kiri, the magazine was rebranded as Charlie Hebdo after a government ban due to controversial content. The name "Charlie" is believed to reference the Peanuts character Charlie Brown, while "Hebdo" signifies its weekly publication schedule. Although it has never reached a broad circulation, Charlie Hebdo gained international notoriety for its fearless satirical stance, particularly towards Islam, especially following the reprinting of controversial cartoons in solidarity with a Danish newspaper. [...] ## Charlie Hebdo (magazine) Charlie Hebdo is a weekly French satirical magazine known for controversial cartoons and editorial content. The magazine has never had a wide circulation, but gained notoriety for its willingness to criticize politicians, public figures, and religions. [...] Charlie Hebdo began as a different magazine dedicated to political satire, Hara-Kiri, which was founded in the 1960s. Hara-Kiri was banned by the government in 1970 after running a headline that simultaneously mocked the death of President Charles de Gaulle and a nightclub incident where 146 people were killed in a fire. To circumvent the ban, a new weekly magazine, Charlie Hebdo, was founded and staffed by many of the Hara-Kiri writers and cartoonists. The name “Charlie” is said to reference the famous Peanuts cartoon character, Charlie Brown. “Hebdo” is derived from the French word for “weekly,” hebdomadaire. The first incarnation of Charlie Hebdoshut down in 1981 due to financial trouble. The magazine returned to circulation in 1992, headed by editor Philippe Val. The magazine is

• Charlie Hebdo shooting - Wikipedia

  ## Background ### Charlie Hebdo satirical works Charlie Hebdo (French for Charlie Weekly) is a French satirical weekly newspaper that features cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes. The publication, irreverent and stridently non-conformist in tone, is strongly secularist, antireligious, and left-wing, publishing articles that mock Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, and various other groups as local and world news unfolds. The magazine was published from 1969 to 1981 and has been again from 1992 on. [...] Charlie Hebdo is a publication that has long courted controversy with satirical attacks on political and religious leaders. It published cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 2012, forcing France to temporarily close embassies and schools in more than 20 countries amid fears of reprisals. Its offices were firebombed in November 2011 after publishing a previous caricature of Muhammad on its cover. On 16 December 2020, 14 people who were accomplices to both the Charlie Hebdo and Jewish supermarket attackers were convicted. Three accomplices were not captured and were tried in absentia. ## Background ### Charlie Hebdo satirical works [...] Other media publications such as Germany's Berliner Kurier and Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza reprinted cartoons from Charlie Hebdo the day after the attack; the former had a cover of Muhammad reading Charlie Hebdo whilst bathing in blood. At least three Danish newspapers featured Charlie Hebdo cartoons, and the tabloid BT "BT (tabloid)") used one on its cover depicting Muhammad lamenting being loved by "idiots". The German newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost re-published the cartoons, and their office was fire-bombed. In Russia, LifeNews and Komsomolskaya Pravda suggested that the US had carried out the attack. "We are Charlie Hebdo" appeared on the front page of Novaya Gazeta. Russia's media supervision body, Roskomnadzor, stated that publication of the cartoons could lead to criminal charges.

• Charlie Hebdo - Wikipedia

  [edit] Main article: Je suis Charlie After the attacks, the phrase Je suis Charlie, French for "I am Charlie", was adopted by supporters of Charlie Hebdo. Many journalists embraced the expression as a rallying cry for freedom of expression and freedom of the press. The slogan was first used on Twitter and spread to the Internet at large. The Twitter account and the original "Je suis Charlie" picture bearing the phrase in white Charlie Hebdo style font on black background were created by French journalist and artist Joachim Roncin") [fr] just after the massacre. [...] ### Other controversies [edit] Since January 2015, Charlie Hebdo has continued to be embroiled in controversy. Daniel Schneidermann argues that the 2015 attack raised the profile of the paper internationally with non-Francophone audiences, meaning that only parts of the paper are selectively translated into English, making it easy to misrepresent the editorial stance of the publication and the purpose of provocative work. In February 2015, Charlie Hebdo was accused of attacking freedom of press when its lawyer Richard Malka tried to prevent the publication of the magazine Charpie Hebdo, a pastiche of Charlie Hebdo (In this context, charpie may translate to shredded). [...] ### 2015 attack [edit] Main article: Charlie Hebdo shooting On 7 January 2015, two Islamist gunmen forced their way into the Paris headquarters of Charlie Hebdo and opened fire, killing twelve: staff cartoonists Charb, Cabu, Honoré "Philippe Honoré (cartoonist)"), Tignous and Wolinski, economist Bernard Maris, editors Elsa Cayat and Mustapha Ourrad, guest Michel Renaud, maintenance worker Frédéric Boisseau and police officers Brinsolaro and Merabet, and wounding eleven, four of them seriously.

• 2015 Charlie Hebdo Attacks Fast Facts - CNN

  ## Facts The Charlie Hebdo magazine began publishing in 1970 with the goal of satirizing religion, politics, and other topics. Most employees came from the publication Hara-Kiri, which was banned after it mocked the death of former President Charles de Gaulle. The Charlie in the title references Charlie Brown from the Peanuts cartoon. Hebdo is short for hebdomadaire, meaning weekly, in French. The magazine ceased publication in the 1980s due to lack of funds. It resumed publishing in 1992. In 2006, Charlie Hebdo reprinted controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that originally appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. French President Jacques Chirac criticized the decision and called it “overt provocation.”

• Charlie Hebdo's anniversary edition: A playful jab at God - DW.com

  1. Skip to content 2. Skip to main menu 3. Skip to more DW sites In focus GreenlandIran protestsGerman politics Latest audioLatest videos Live TV Advertisement CultureFrance # Charlie Hebdo's anniversary edition: A playful jab at God Sarah Hucal January 7, 2025 French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is marking 10 years since the terror attacks on its Paris office by running a cartoon contest asking for God-mocking submissions. Advertisement How should cartoonists satirize the Almighty? To commemorate the victims of the 2015 terrorist attack in its newsroom, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo held a contest titled #MockingGod, with the winners announced on January 7.

• Award

  Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême

• Country

  France

• Instance Of

  Q19046104

• Headquarters

  Paris

• Inception Date

  1/1/1970