"[2] Fidler interviewed film personalities for the Hollywood segments of Fox Movietone News.

Such was Fidler's influence that a negative comment by him could affect the box office drawing power of a star.

[3] Fidler won the case, with the judge ruling that remarks against a public character, even if false, are not libelous if made without malice.

[citation needed] By 1950, Fidler was earning more than $250,000 a year and was heard by 40 million listeners over 486 radio stations.

[5] Fidler continued his radio program in independent syndication until his retirement in late 1983, at the age of 85.