eBay names new Skype chief

Silverman, who is currently the head of eBay property Shopping.com, will take the post effective 24 March.

Skype's cofounder and head, Niklas Zennstrom, left in October, and since then Michael van Swaaij has served as interim CEO of Skype. Swaaij, who was formerly eBay's vice president for European operations, will remain actively involved in Skype.

Andre Haddad will replace Silverman as Shopping.com CEO. Haddad most recently worked as senior vice president of products for the online auctioneer.

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