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Ryan Eagle Buys Affiliate.com and Media Breakaway

Well-known entrepreneur and former owner of the now defunct Eagle Web Assetts (EWA), Ryan Eagle has announced that he has agreed to purchase Affiliate.com and Media BreakAway from former Spam-King and strip club connoisseur Scott Richter.  Insiders say that the buyout was funded by Sergie Ivankov, a Russian financier who has close connections to the rebill credit card industry.

eagleThis is an interesting twist in the story of Ryan Eagle, a former child star, whose company EWA closed after many months of denials by their founder.  The purchase of Media Breakaway seems strange, as many people felt that Eagle would be unable to enter the industry again after owing so many people so much money.

However, Eagle was able to put a positive spin on this new venture. “I am confident that my history in the industry, and the enormous trust that I’ve built with affiliates will help grow Affiliate.com and Media Breakaway to new levels,” said Ryan Eagle over Skype. “Media Breakaway is a great company, with a long history of enterprise and innovation and fits perfectly with the work that I do.” He pointed out also that his enormous fame amongst India-based affiliates would help him grow the business.

As part of the transition, Jazette Pester, a long time employee of the company, will be placed at the head of the company and named Chief Affiliate Officer.  She had been with the company since 2004 after graduating from University of Denver and had climbed up the corporate ladder from Affiliate Manager to Senior Affiliate Manager in only nine short years.

rAffiliate.com was founded a decade ago as ReallyBigOptinPlus, by Scott Richter a former sandwich maker and viagel expert, and quickly grew into one of largest  high volume email operations. Known for his natural style haircut and dark beautiful eyes, he was aptly named the “Spam King” and even attempted to create a thong line by the same name. However, the company eventually changed it’s model and delivered less spam and changed to OptinRealBig, then just OptinBig and finally opted to taking the name Media Breakaway.  After various public lawsuits from Myspace, the NYS Attorney General, the Florida Attorney General and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Richter promised to make changes to his company, and then changed his cpa network from CPAEmpire to Affiliate.com.

While Scott Richter was not immediately available for comment,  an employee told us over the phone that Richter was looking forward to his retirement in order to spend more time with his children and his live in maid & girlfriend Consuela.

The purchase price at the time of publication was not revealed, but it is rumored to be in the hundred of thousands.

Pesach Lattin
Pesach Lattinhttp://www.adotat.com
Pesach "Pace" Lattin is one of the top experts in interactive advertising, affiliate marketing. Pesach Lattin is known for his dedication to ethics in marketing, and focus on compliance and fraud in the industry, and has written numerous articles for publications from MediaPost, ClickZ, ADOTAS and his own blogs.

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