In May 2004, both papers were sold by their owners Martin Nally and Ronald Carroll to Celtic Media Group - a subsidiary of the Scottish owned Dunfermline Press - along with the third sister paper Offaly Independent.

On 16 May 2015, The Westmeath Examiner saw a change from broadsheet to compact format.

[1] Other Irish newspaper titles that are part of the same stable include The Anglo Celt, in Cavan; The Meath Chronicle in Navan; and, since May 2014, The Connaught Telegraph.

For the same period in 2011, it had an average weekly circulation of 5,719, a fall that was in line with industry trends, which, broadly, endured sudden sharp declines in paid-for sales.

[2] However, following a move from a Wednesday publication date to a Tuesday, and a change to its digital offering, the newspaper saw renewed growth in paid-for sales.