diff --git a/feedgenerator/__main__.py b/feedgenerator/__main__.py
index 2ab3a68..e375b68 100644
--- a/feedgenerator/__main__.py
+++ b/feedgenerator/__main__.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 		fg.itunes_new_feed_url('http://example.com/new-feed.rss')
 		fg.itunes_owner('John Doe', 'john@example.com')
 		fg.itunes_summary('Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Verba tu fingas et ea dicas, quae non sentias?')
+		fe.itunes_author('Lars Kiesow')
 
 		print fg.podcast_str(pretty=True)
 	elif arg.endswith('atom'):
diff --git a/feedgenerator/entry.py b/feedgenerator/entry.py
index c11d586..b8037d3 100644
--- a/feedgenerator/entry.py
+++ b/feedgenerator/entry.py
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ class FeedEntry(object):
 			rights = etree.SubElement(feed, 'rights')
 			rights.text = self.__atom_rights
 
+		return entry
+
 
 	def rss_entry(self, feed):
 		'''Insert an RSS item into a existing XML structure. Normally you
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ class FeedEntry(object):
 			pubDate = etree.SubElement(channel, 'pubDate')
 			pubDate.text = self.__rss_pubDate.strftime(
 					'%a, %e %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z')
+		return entry
 
 
 	
diff --git a/feedgenerator/podcast.py b/feedgenerator/podcast.py
index 50c92e1..9167df8 100644
--- a/feedgenerator/podcast.py
+++ b/feedgenerator/podcast.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import dateutil.parser
 import dateutil.tz
 from feedgenerator.feed import FeedGenerator
+from feedgenerator.podcast_entry import PodcastEntry
 from feedgenerator.util import ensure_format
 
 
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@ class PodcastGenerator(FeedGenerator):
 		:returns: Tuple containing the feed root element and the element tree.
 		'''
 		rss_feed, _ = super(PodcastGenerator,self)._create_rss()
-		# Replace the root element to add the itunes namespace
 		ITUNES_NS = 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'
+		# Replace the root element to add the itunes namespace
 		feed = etree.Element('rss', version='2.0',
 				nsmap={
 					'atom'  :'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom', 
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ class PodcastGenerator(FeedGenerator):
 				subcategory = etree.SubElement(category, '{%s}category' % ITUNES_NS)
 				subcategory.attrib['text'] = self.__itunes_category['sub']
 
+		if self.__itunes_image:
+			image = etree.SubElement(channel, '{%s}image' % ITUNES_NS)
+			image.text = self.__itunes_image
+
 		if self.__itunes_explicit in ('yes', 'no', 'clean'):
 			explicit = etree.SubElement(channel, '{%s}explicit' % ITUNES_NS)
 			explicit.text = self.__itunes_explicit
@@ -307,6 +312,20 @@ class PodcastGenerator(FeedGenerator):
 		return self.__itunes_summary
 
 
+	def add_entry(self, podcastEntry=None):
+		'''This method will add a new entry to the podcast. If the podcastEntry
+		argument is omittet a new PodcstEntry object is created automatically.
+		This is the prefered way to add new entries to a feed.
+
+		:param podcastEntry: PodcastEntry object to add.
+		:returns: PodcastEntry object created or passed to this function.
+		'''
+		if podcastEntry is None:
+			podcastEntry = PodcastEntry()
+		super(PodcastGenerator, self).add_entry( podcastEntry )
+		return podcastEntry
+
+
 	_itunes_categories = {
 			'Arts': [ 'Design', 'Fashion & Beauty', 'Food', 'Literature',
 				'Performing Arts', 'Visual Arts' ],