diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index f98e6487e4..10286aa888 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ from .dbtv import DBTVIE
 from .dcn import DCNIE
 from .dctp import DctpTvIE
 from .deezer import DeezerPlaylistIE
+from .democracynow import DemocracynowIE
 from .dfb import DFBIE
 from .dhm import DHMIE
 from .dotsub import DotsubIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/democracynow.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/democracynow.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..973bb437b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/democracynow.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class DemocracynowIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?democracynow.org/?(?P<id>[^\?]*)'
+    IE_NAME = 'democracynow'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2015/7/3',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2015-0703-001',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'July 03, 2015 - Democracy Now!',
+            'description': 'A daily independent global news hour with Amy Goodman & Juan Gonz\xe1lez "What to the Slave is 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass\u2019 Historic Speech : "This Flag Comes Down Today": Bree Newsome Scales SC Capitol Flagpole, Takes Down Confederate Flag : "We Shall Overcome": Remembering Folk Icon, Activist Pete Seeger in His Own Words & Songs',
+            'uploader': 'Democracy Now',
+            'upload_date': None,
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.democracynow.org/2015/7/3/this_flag_comes_down_today_bree',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2015-0703-001',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': '"This Flag Comes Down Today": Bree Newsome Scales SC Capitol Flagpole, Takes Down Confederate Flag',
+            'description': 'md5:4d2bc4f0d29f5553c2210a4bc7761a21',
+            'uploader': 'Democracy Now',
+            'upload_date': None,
+        },
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
+        base_host = re.search(r'^(.+?://[^/]+)', url).group(1)
+        if display_id == '':
+            display_id = 'home'
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+        re_desc = re.search(r'<meta property=.og:description. content=(["\'])(.+?)\1', webpage, re.DOTALL)
+        description = re_desc.group(2) if re_desc else ''
+
+        jstr = self._search_regex(r'({.+?"related_video_xml".+?})', webpage, 'json', default=None)
+        js = self._parse_json(jstr, display_id)
+        video_id = None
+        formats = []
+        subtitles = {}
+        for key in ('caption_file', '.......'):
+            # ....... = pending vtt support that doesn't clobber srt 'chapter_file':
+            url = js.get(key, '')
+            if url == '' or url is None:
+                continue
+            if not re.match(r'^https?://', url):
+                url = base_host + url
+            ext = re.search(r'\.([^\.]+)$', url).group(1)
+            subtitles['eng'] = [{
+                'ext': ext,
+                'url': url,
+            }]
+        for key in ('file', 'audio'):
+            url = js.get(key, '')
+            if url == '' or url is None:
+                continue
+            if not re.match(r'^https?://', url):
+                url = base_host + url
+            purl = re.search(r'/(?P<dir>[^/]+)/(?:dn)?(?P<fn>[^/]+?)\.(?P<ext>[^\.\?]+)(?P<hasparams>\?|$)', url)
+            if video_id is None:
+                video_id = purl.group('fn')
+            if js.get('start') is not None:
+                url += '&' if purl.group('hasparams') == '?' else '?'
+                url = url + 'start=' + str(js.get('start'))
+            formats.append({
+                'format_id': purl.group('dir'),
+                'ext': purl.group('ext'),
+                'url': url,
+            })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+        ret = {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': js.get('title'),
+            'description': description,
+            'uploader': 'Democracy Now',
+            'subtitles': subtitles,
+            'formats': formats,
+        }
+        return ret