Randall-Reilly Buys eVision
Acquisition further strengthens company’s position in the recruitment market.

TUSCALOOSA, ALA. (Nov. 11, 2008) – Randall-Reilly Publishing, the nation’s leading business-to-business media company serving the trucking and construction markets, today announced the acquisition of Northport, Ala.-based eVision Marketing Group.

An interactive media company, eVision focuses on web design and development, integrated online marketing strategies, producing traffic-driven website solutions and implementing cost effective software solutions for its clients. Using its SEO, (search engine optimization) capabilities, eVision has developed an extensive presence in the truck driver recruiting market, helping hundreds of carriers nationwide find qualified drivers and owner-operators. All eVision associates, including President and CEO Jim Davis, will remain with the company heading up Randall-Reilly’s new Interactive Media division.

“We are very excited to welcome Jim Davis and his team to Randall-Reilly,” says Mike Reilly, Randall-Reilly chairman, president and CEO. “Jim’s unsurpassed capabilities in interactive media, particularly in the recruitment segment, are a perfect fit with our extensive trucking print and electronic properties. The addition of eVision is just one more way we can help our customers achieve their marketing goals.”
“Randall-Reilly is the most well-respected media company in the trucking industry and we are proud to be a part of it,” Davis says. “We look forward to contributing to Randall-Reilly’s growth by expanding the company’s interactive media capabilities and presence.”

About Randall-Reilly Publishing
Founded in 1934, Randall-Reilly Publishing (www.rrpub.com) is the premier U.S. media and information company focused on the trucking, construction and industrial markets. The company’s trucking division serves the fleet, owner-operator, recruitment, truck stop, pre-owned truck and trailer, dealer and heavy-duty aftermarket segments. Randall-Reilly’s construction division covers the highway and heavy construction, landscaping and used equipment markets. The company also publishes a magazine focused on the woodworking industry.

Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates business is an industry-leading collector and aggregator of equipment purchase and financing data, which it offers to its customers in industrial equipment end markets for sales lead generation and market intelligence. Randall-Reilly has offices in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Chicago, Charlotte, N. C., and New Berlin, Wis.