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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Linden Lab(R), creator of the rapidly-growing virtual world Second Life(R), today announced that John Zdanowski has joined the company as chief financial officer. Zdanowski brings with him unique experience, having most recently served as CFO of HouseValues (NASDAQ:SOLD), which quadrupled in revenue during his three-year tenure. "Helping Second Life grow is a demanding challenge that requires a renaissance skill set," said Philip Rosedale, CEO at Linden Lab. "John's engineering, entrepreneurial and operating experience is a perfect fit for us." As CFO, John will be responsible for leading Linden Lab's finance and accounting activities. "Second Life is an amazing platform combining a number of innovative technologies and trends," Zdanowski said. "I'm excited to join such a brilliant team and investor group to help take the company to the next level." Zdanowski has extensive experience building and growing profitable Internet companies. Prior to Linden Lab, he was CFO at HouseValues, a leading marketing partner for real estate and mortgage professionals. He arranged the company's first institutional financing round of $15 million and its $94 million IPO in 2004. Prior to that, Zdanowski co-founded Affinity Internet, Inc. raising more than $60 million to build a highly profitable Web hosting company serving more than 200,000 small- and medium-sized businesses. He has also worked as an investment banker and a management consultant and began his career as an engineer in GE's highly-acclaimed management training program. Zdanowski holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University. Second Life and Linden Lab Second Life is a 3D online world with a rapidly growing population of over 1,000,000 residents from 100 countries around the globe, in which the residents themselves create and build the world which includes homes, vehicles, nightclubs, stores, landscapes, clothing, and games. Second Life is created by Linden Lab, a company founded in 1999 by Philip Rosedale, to create a revolutionary new form of shared 3D experience. The former COT of Real Networks, Rosedale pioneered the development of many of today's streaming media technologies, including Real Video. In April 2003, noted software pioneer Mitch Kapok, founder of Lotus Development Corporation, was named Chairman. In 2006, Philip Rosedale and Linden Lab received Wire's Rave Award for Innovation in Business. Based in San Francisco, Linden Lab employs a senior team bringing together deep expertise in physics, 3D graphics and networking. Note to editors: Second Life(R) and Linden Lab(R) are registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. DATASOURCE: Linden Lab CONTACT: Alex Yenned, of LEWIS PR, +1-415-992-4434, or , for Linden Lab Web site: http://www.lindenlab.com/

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