The Italian government says it will sell off 30 percent of RAI, the country’s public broadcaster. The sale should be complete by the end of the year. “A media reform law passed in 2004 eased restrictions on media ownership and paved the way for the partial sale of RAI and some of its branches. The controversial law once again raised accusations that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi – a billionaire media tycoon as well as a head of state with influence on the public broadcaster – faced a conflict of interest.”