The man who President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to be his chief of staff says "change is going to happen" with some of the White House's traditional ways of interacting with the press corps.
"I think that many things have to change," he said.
"... even looking at things like the daily White House briefing from the press secretary, I mean, there's a lot of different ways that things can be done, and I can assure you we're looking at that."
The briefing has been traditionally an opportunity for members of the press corps to query the press secretary not just on the day's major breaking news, but a variety of different topics.
The briefing is typically covered by C-SPAN and streamed on the White House website.
Priebus also talked about another tradition - the assigned seating in the press room, claiming that it started with the Obama administration.
"In the Bush administration, you just took a seat, and I guess there were a couple of people that have had reserved spots," he said.
The White House Correspondent's Association expressed "concern" over the comments.
In a statement, WHCA president Jeff Mason said that there was a "notable factual inaccuracy" in his claim that assigned seating started under Obama.
"News organisations have had assigned seats since those seats were installed in 1981," he said.
"The WHCA looks forward to meeting with the incoming administration to address questions and concerns on both sides about exactly this sort of issue."
Trump has not yet named a press secretary, although names such as Laura Ingraham, his national campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson. and Fox News contributor Monica Crowley are said to be among those being considered, along with Sean Spicer, the spokesman for the Republican National Committee.
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