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For Immediate Release
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Contacts:
Robert Lake, Executive Publisher Overdrive/Truckers News
(800) 633-5953 rlake@randallpub.com
Mark Evers, President & CEO SmartStop, Inc.
(877) 627-8786 mark.evers@smartstop.net
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eTrucker.com becomes home page on all SmartStop kiosks
Tuscaloosa, Ala. (February 22,
2002) – eTrucker.com, the premier Internet portal for the trucking industry,
is now the home page on all SmartStop/AT&T Internet kiosk locations nationwide.
SmartStop provides high-speed Internet access to truckers at leading truck
stops including Petro Stopping Centers, Rip Griffin Truck/Travel Centers
and WilcoHess. Now truckers who visit SmartStop kiosks and select "WWW"
will zoom directly to eTrucker.com first, where they can receive daily
trucking news, read e-mail, look for loads, chat with family or check
the weather. They can also read the current issues of Overdrive, Truckers
News and Commercial Carrier Journal magazines.
"The SmartStop kiosks provide a convenient way for truckers to use the
Internet at truck stops to access trucking-specific news, weather and
email," says eTrucker.com Sales Director Randy Schwartzenburg. "This partnership
enhances our position as the leading information provider in the industry."
SmartStop serves the U.S. trucking industry by integrating telecommunication
and commerce solutions. Its products and services are targeted to the
needs of travel plazas, commercial fleets and industry service providers
and include network design, implementation and management, as well as
loyalty and commerce solutions. SmartStop's website is www.smartstop.net.
"We are excited about the added resource that eTrucker.com will bring
to our customers," says Mark Evers, president and CEO of SmartStop, Inc.
"Randall Publishing has been a part of the trucking industry for many
years and understands the needs of truckers when it comes to news resources."
eTrucker.com is the leading Internet portal for truckers and trucking
companies. The site melds important trucking-specific information like
news and weather with services and tools like the eTrucker.com chatroom,
e-mail, job finder and loads board. eTrucker.com is also the home site
for industry-leading publications Overdrive, Truckers News and Commercial
Carrier Journal.
About Randall-Reilly Publishing
Founded in 1934, Randall-Reilly Publishing is the premier business-to-business media company focused on the trucking and construction industries. Its properties include Equipment World, Overdrive, Truckers News, CCJ and Modern Woodworking magazines..
Randall-Reilly also owns and operates several online media entities, including www.eTrucker.com, www.equipmentworld.com and www.modernwoodworking.com. Also under the Randall-Reilly corporate umbrella are the Great American Trucking Show, radio programs, a billboard company, a company-sponsored publication division serving Fortune 500 companies, and a UCC-filing database and research group.
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