British comedian Ricky Gervais' previously free podcast is going commercial.
A New Jersey-based company announced Tuesday it will begin selling subscriptions to The Ricky Gervais Show next week.
Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the team behind the BBC's acclaimed comedy series The Office, launched the podcast in December.
Podcasts are audio recordings that are posted online: most are free.
The Ricky Gervais Show averaged more than 250,000 downloads in its first month when it was available for free, making it one of the most popular entries in the fledgling platform's brief history.
The 30-minute show contains much scatological humor. It features the pair interviewing Karl Pilkington, a producer at their old radio show, about topics such as the cognitive abilities of chimp-anzees and the existence of vampires and ghosts.
-- agencies
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