Politico: Peter Lauria, a business reporter who wrote for the New York Post, Thomson Reuters and BuzzFeed, quietly left journalism several weeks ago to transition to a marketing and communications role with Starcom MediaVest. Lauria never formally announced the move, aside from updating his LinkedIn page. His title is now SVP at Starcom MediaVest, and he lists his responsibilities as “writing and editing keynote speeches and presentations, Op-Eds, industry analysis briefings, client notes and other communications for C-suite executives, including the CEO, across the SMG portfolio.” Lauria last served as business editor at BuzzFeed but was pushed out after less than two years.