From Editor & Publisher:

NEW YORK -- While the pending sale of Knight Ridder newspapers to McClatchy promises at least some upheaval for all 32 dailies involved, for three of them it's deja vu all over again. That's because The Olympian of Olympia, Wash.; The Bellingham (Wash.) Herald; and The (Boise) Idaho Statesman, were each sold just six months ago.

In August 2005, the trio were part of Gannett Co. Inc. and were sent to Knight Ridder in the blockbuster sale of the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News. As part of the swap, Gannett sold the Olympian, Herald, and Statesman to Knight Ridder. With the McClatchy deal expected to be completed by July 1, each of those dailies will have had three different owners in less than a year.

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John Winn Miller, publisher of the Olympian, called a repeat disruption "a little exhausting ... We have a whole new accounting system and reporting system and that will have to change again," he lamented. "We are a little anxious about it."

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Back at The Olympian, Political Editor Brad Shannon said the fact that this sale was in the works for a while made it a bit easier to take than the previous change, which was announced without warning. Photo Editor Steve Herppich said the staff is just staying positive with something that is out of their control. "I think we are just rolling with it and hoping for the best," he said. "We are optimistic."