The Isle of Wight County Press is a local, compact newspaper published every Friday on the Isle of Wight. It has an audited circulation of 25,827 copies, compared to a local population of 140,500. The paper has seen a drop in circulation of 11,199 between June 2009 and June 2016 (30.25%). The paper had been owned locally from its foundation until July 2017, when it was taken over by Newsquest Media Group.