Rift Among Charlie Hebdo Staff on Future of Newspaper Enriched by Tragedy

By: Sam Schechner | The Wall Street Journal

Less than two weeks after the terror attack that devastated their newsroom, Charlie Hebdo’s surviving staff members gathered in a borrowed conference room to discuss an unexpected dilemma.

The satirical newspaper, once on the edge of bankruptcy, was selling millions of copies, and many on its staff were demanding that it become a cooperative and give everyone a say in how to use the resulting windfall.