Washington, Feb 17 (IANS): Crossroads Media founder Mike Dubke is expected to be named as White House Communications Director, a media report quoted two administration officials as saying.

The appointment is expected to be announced on Friday, CNN reported.

The appointment is rankling some inside the White House, with longtime Trump loyalists inside and outside the West Wing saying they would have preferred a veteran from the campaign.

"Dubke and his Crossroads friends did everything they could to kill the Trump movement and failed," one loyalist said.

Former Trump transition spokesman Jason Miller was originally tapped to serve as communications director for the White House, but Miller stepped aside before Inauguration Day to spend more time with his family.

Dubke founded the Crossroads Media in 2001 and brought it to a level of national prominence during the 2008 presidential campaign.

It is "the premier Republican media services firm," according to a description on its website, and Dubke has "a unique understanding of the relationship between political strategy and public policy development", the website explains.