In 2017, Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt acquired a majority interest of 81 percent in Euroforum, the market leader for conferences, seminars and annual conferences in the German-speaking area. With the transaction, the Handelsblatt publishing group intends to strengthen its "live journalism" third business pillar - in addition to Print and Digita, and to develop the streaming of journalistic content as a new business area.