It's confirmed. We've mentioned Mike Volpi before last week: He sat on Skype's board before eBay bought them. He joined the FON board of directors along with Joost founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis in February 2006. And now's leading Joost.

He was one of Cisco's M&A experts so he knows what buyers want and how to put Joost into shape for flipping. And for buying.

See also:

• Brad Stone: Ex-Cisco Executive to Lead Joost, Internet TV Provider. "Traditional television as we know it is gradually going to go away."

• Om Malik: 5 Questions for Joost CEO Mike Volpi. "On the issue of network neutrality, we have a totally legitimate service and the carriers shouldn’t have a reason to block us. I don’t think the regulatory environment (in US and elsewhere) will allow for the blocking of competitors to the carriers."

• Liz Gannes: Joost Confirms Volpi as CEO. "This vortex of funding, anticipation, and beta launches in the Internet TV space is getting intense. The latest signal is competitors telling us tales about advertisers grumbling about the performance of their ads on Joost."

• Paid Content: Joost Unveils Volpi’s Appointment As CEO. "Founding CEO Fredrik de Wahl will stay on as chief strategy officer."

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