After graduation Fadiman engaged in various book-related ven-tures. He served as “top editor” for Simon and Schuster’s fledglingpublishing house until 1933, and then as The New Yorker’s book edi-tor for the next ten years. He acquired his greatest name recognition,however, by hosting the Information, Please! radio program, whichbegan in 1938. Fadiman’s work with the Book-of-the-Month Club hasbeen ably traced by historians. Beginning with his appointment toits board in 1944, Fadiman would serve as a senior judge for over 50years. At Adler’s behest his relationship with Britannica began in the1940s, deepened in the 1950s, and lasted through the 1990s. 20