[4] In 1940, Franz Schneekluth acquired minority shares in the Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, after he became director of the publishing house in 1935.

After the war, the activities in Munich were resumed in 1948, with Wilhelm Heyne holding only 40 percent of the shares in the publishing house.

[9] In 1970, the Moewig Verlag, which the Heyne family had bought before the Second World War, was sold to Bauer Media Group.

[10] In 1974, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag co-operated with the publishing group Bertelsmann,[11] with the intentions to better cover the market for paperbacks.

[21] The Federal Cartel Office, however, did not approve the acquisition, as a dominant market position of German-language paperbacks was feared.

[24] The guidebooks and audiobook publishers were part of the transaction, to which the Federal Cartel Office finally agreed to in November of that year.

[28] Heyne published both hardcover and paperbacks, including Authors such as Nicholas Sparks, Robert Harris, Amelie Fried, Sabine Thiesler, John Grisham and Stephen King.

[30] The aim of the imprint was, according to various statements of the publication of high-quality illustrated volumes, to meet the "aesthetic requirements" of the publisher.

[34] Heyne Verlag placed Maggi soup adverts in the body of various fictional works without the authors' knowledge, giving the company additional revenue which wouldn't have to be passed on to the creators.