Report: Martone Leaving ProJo

More comings and goings at the ProJo. Scott MacKay over at WRNI reports today that the paper's long-time sports editor is leaving:

Arthur Martone, the Providence Journal's well-respected longtime sports editor, is leaving the newspaper to take a job at Comcast New England, the cable channel that broadcasts Boston Celtics games and is expanding its sports web site coverage.

Martone's departure is a big blow to the Journal. The Cranston native was the heart and soul of the sports department for many years. He is one of the few Journal editors who has the affection and respect of all of his reporters. Plus, unlike many editors still left on Fountain Street, Art could do it all -- write columns, cover stories, edit, layout pages, assign reporters and massage their egos. Plus, he was fluent with the new web-based world of sports journalism. He listened to his reporters and they listened to him.