Farmer says podcasting is now his main income; and Ricky Gervais is back

Spreaker announces that their podcasts are now available as an Amazon Alexa “skill”, the term given to third-party apps on the platform. This blog post contains instructions for your listeners.

There Goes The Neighbourhood, a WNYC podcast, is examining Los Angeles’s creeping gentrification this season. A full overview of this new podcast is reported in CityLab.

On Facebook, Valerie Geller is at the NAB Show in New York, saying that podcasting is very visible in the show this year.

Farmer says podcasting now his main income, a beguiling headline in The Stark County News (OH, USA) about Shark Farmer. “I have never had to go out to look for an advertiser”. A good story about niche podcasting.

A great blog about The Black Tapes Podcast, a supernatural podcast, and the effect on this listener.

Ricky Gervais to join SiriusXM (and gain a new podcast). “SiriusXM promises Gervais will have thought-provoking discussions about the topics he feels the most passionate about, namely music, science, art, and ethics.”