| After the News | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Reels |
| Album: | Quasimodo's Dream |
| B-Side: | Media Themes |
| Released: | July 1980 |
| Recorded: | 1980 at Albert Studios |
| Genre: | Pop, new wave |
| Length: | 2:46 |
| Label: | Mercury, Polygram |
| Producer: | The Reels |
| Prev Title: | According to My Heart |
| Prev Title2: | Love Will Find a Way |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Title2: | Media Themes |
| Next Title: | Shout and Deliver |
| Next Title2: | Depression |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
"After the News" was a song by The Reels that was released as a single from their second album Quasimodo's Dream in July 1980. The song fared disappointingly on the charts, peaking at number 65 in Australia. The single was accompanied by a colourful video that features a puppet newsreader.[1] The B-side, "Media Themes", consisted of three short songs that were later re-used for the album. A "sequel" for "Media Themes" was released as a B-side to the band's later single "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)".[2]
Mason later said, "I got really pissed off about "After the News". People were just not accepting what we were doing. I got depressed about that."[3]