www.nytimes.com - nytimes.com — Amazon.comhas filed a lawsuit challenging New York State’s new law forcing online retailers to collect sales tax on shipmentsto state residents. The lawsuit raises questions over whether vendorswho are not physically prese... (Read More)

freepress.net - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s acquisition of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. may be cleared by federal regulators this month, and it can't happen fast enough for XM. As the regulatory review drags on, the company is struggling to add enough n... (Read More)

freepress.net - Google and Yahoo say there are plenty of reasons why their recently announced plan to work together on Internet-search advertising should pass muster with regulators. For starters, it's not a merger and it covers only a small part of Yahoo's search b... (Read More)

freepress.net - VoIP provider Skype on Tuesday named former Motorola executive Scott Durchslag as its new chief operating officer. Durchslag will assume the role effective immediately, and will report to Skype president Josh Silverman. Durchslag joined Motorola in... (Read More)

free.convio.net - The Writers Guild of America has expressed public support for the Senate resolution of disapproval that, if passed, would overturn a recent FCC decision allowing for the consolidation of newspapers and local television stations. Writers Guild of Amer... (Read More)