UNIONDALE, NY (June 10, 2003) - Yellow Book USA announced today that it has aquired three yellow page directories in Alabama from Pioneer Telephone Directories Corporation headquartered in Dothan, Alabama. The Elmore County, Chilton County and South Shelby County books will extend Yellow Book's footprint in the state.
Established in 1930, Yellow Book USA is the oldest and largest independent yellow pages publisher in the nation. In recent years, Yellow Book has made a number of strategic acquisitions and entered scores of new markets. The 2002 acquisitions of McLeodUSA's telephone directory publishing unit and the National Directory Company have extended Yellow Book's presence into 41 states and the District of Columbia, more states than any other U.S. yellow pages publisher.