Confirmed: Kevin Rose and the Milk team join Google

Tech entrepreneur Kevin Rose and several key people from startup incubator Milk have joined Google, confirming yesterday’s rumors.

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“I’m beyond excited to announce that the Milk crew (Kevin Rose, Daniel Burka, Chris Hutchins, Joshua Lane) is joining Google!,” Rose wrote in a status update on Google+.  “It’s been a privilege to use Google products over the years (I still remember begging for a Gmail invite) and I can’t wait to be a part of the amazing team that is shaping the future of the web.”

Rose is well known in the tech community, both for his previous role as co-host of Screen Savers on the now defunct TechTV cable channel and as the co-founder of community news sharing site Digg. More recently Rose had moved on to found startup incubator Milk, which received a $1.5 million investment from Google Ventures. Milk’s sole product Oink was shut down Tuesday, presumably to pave the way for the Milk team’s arrival at Google.