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Company Information and History

Anderson, Randles & Associates is a consulting company specializing in newspaper circulation marketing and distribution, readership acquisition, reader retention, and management training and development.

The company was formed and incorporated in 1997, when founding partners Ron Anderson and Rich Randles merged their private circulation consulting firms into Anderson, Randles & Associates. Anderson and Randles were recognized as two of the most respected and trusted circulation experts in the country.

As the business grew, Don Michel joined the company as a consultant in 1999 and Phil Hanna in 2001, with both becoming partners in the firm.

Ron Anderson retired from the company in 2002. Rich Randles was its president before retiring due to health reasons in 2004.

Sadly, Rich Randles passed away at the age of 52 after a long bout with cancer on November 10, 2004. He was recognized as one of the brightest and most innovative circulation professionals in the business. His extraordinary knowledge, enthusiasm and love of the newspaper business made him a true leader in the industry.

Prior to his death, Randles expressed his strong desire that that the business that he loved and that he worked so hard to build would carry on and would continue to grow.

Don Michel was elected as the president of Anderson, Randles & Associates after Randles’ retirement in 2004 and Phil Hanna was elected as Vice-President.

Michel and Hanna each have in excess of 30 years of circulation experience. Michel works out of his office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Hanna out of Newnan, Georgia.

Anderson, Randles & Associates has provided services to more than 200 newspapers since incorporating in September 1997. A partial list of clients is available through another link on the website.