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Mark Kingdon will be the new CEO. More to follow, but here’s the basics:

Mark was formerly the CEO of the Omnicom Group, which, IIRC, was Organic. I worked with them back in my CDnow days, when Organic was our ad agency. I’m happy that this hire is from outside the walls of Linden Lab, but at the same point, I’m curious as to why someone who got pwned by DoubleClick was the first choice. I will give this guy a big chance however: he clearly understands the problems of the dot-com era, and may be just what Linden Lab needs.

It seems like the pimping towards companies will continue, but we’ll see. More details When I can make sure he is who I think he is!

UPDATE: From Reuters: http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2008/04/22/linden-lab-picks-online-marketing-executive-as-ceo/