MILAN -- The Italian government, under pressure from the communications watchdog Agcom, has renewed rules limiting ownership of media outlets that were due to expire on Jan. 1. The move will prevent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from adding to his already extensive range of media interests. But Berlusconi's government has extended the ban on new cross-holdings of television and print media assets by just three months, and not for another year, as many had expected. The official government gazette says, however, that the ban "might" be extended until the end of 2011. Conflict of interest accusations have dogged Berlusconi since...