Wow ... via the Reuters Second Life News Center and the Second Life blog: Mark Kingdon, former CEO of Organic, is going to head up Linden Lab.
Mark will be known as "M Linden" in Second Life (yes, the Bond jokes have already started).
I am oddly hopeful as a result of this announcement. SL has taken a beating over the last year from fickle marketers and media alike, plus they have been plagued by technology problems and resident unrest over issues like content protection and copyright. I'm a firm believer in the power of virtual worlds; while SL is not the marketing panacea that it was made out to be - there is a place for it in some marketers toolkits and a place for other VW's in others. I'm really excited that LL has brought on a smart, savvy marketer from a respected shop like Organic to lead them.
Well done, LL. Congrats to Mark and the whole crew at LL. With Mark coming on board, I'll expect great things.