WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's

administration, in an unprecedented move, announced late on

Friday it would remove four media organizations including the

New York Times ( NYT ) from their dedicated office spaces in the

Pentagon, citing a desire to make room for others.

The memo on a "New Annual Media Rotation Program" said it

would also remove National Public Radio, Comcast Corp ( CMCSA )-owned NBC

News and Politico, which must vacate their spaces by

Feb. 14. In their place, it would give dedicated office space to

the New York Post, One America News Network, Breitbart News

Network and HuffPost News.

Each year going forward, one outlet from print, online,

television and radio will rotate out of the Pentagon "to allow a

new outlet from the same medium that has not had the unique

opportunity to report as a resident member of the Pentagon Press

Corps," the memo said.

The New York Times ( NYT ), NBC, Politico and National Public

Radio did not immediately respond to requests for comment

outside regular business hours.

More than two dozen news organizations operate out of the

Pentagon, including Reuters, reporting on the daily activities

of the U.S. military.

"To be clear, the outlets that vacate the spaces loaned them

by the Secretary (of Defense) will remain full members of the

Pentagon Press Corps," John Ullyot, acting assistant to the

secretary of defense for public affairs.

"The only change will be giving up their physical work

spaces in the building to allow new outlets to have their turn

to become resident members of the Pentagon Press Corps."

The Pentagon Press Association, which represents journalists

who cover the Defense Department, said it was "greatly troubled

by this unprecedented move by DOD to single out highly

professional media."

Reuters correspondent Phil Stewart is a member of the

association's four-member board of directors.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali;

Editing by Humeyra Pamuk and Lincoln Feast.)