Mediagazer: Ex-White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci has launched The Scaramucci Post, a media company he claims will be “millennial-first” and centrist (Taylor Lorenz/The Hill)

7:15 PM ET, October 3, 2017

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Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
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Taylor Lorenz / The Hill:

Ex-White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci has launched The Scaramucci Post, a media company he claims will be “millennial-first” and centrist — NEW YORK — Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci officially launched his new media company at a Monday night event.

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