diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index eac50eda5..042b1e921 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ from .tenplay import TenPlayIE
 from .testurl import TestURLIE
 from .testtube import TestTubeIE
 from .tf1 import TF1IE
+from .theintercept import TheInterceptIE
 from .theonion import TheOnionIE
 from .theplatform import (
     ThePlatformIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/theintercept.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/theintercept.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b096a28de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/theintercept.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+)
+
+class TheInterceptIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https://theintercept.com/fieldofvision/(?P<id>.+?)/'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://theintercept.com/fieldofvision/thisisacoup-episode-four-surrender-or-die/',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'thisisacoup-episode-four-surrender-or-die',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': '#ThisIsACoup – Episode Four: Surrender or Die',
+            'upload_date': '20151218',
+            'description': 'md5:74dd27f0e2fbd50817829f97eaa33140',
+        }
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+
+        mobj = re.search(r'initialStoreTree =(?P<json_data>.+})', webpage)
+        if mobj is None:
+            raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract initialStoreTree')
+        json_data = self._parse_json(mobj.group('json_data'), display_id)
+
+        info = None
+        for post in json_data['resources']['posts'].values():
+            if post['slug'] == display_id:
+                info = post
+                break
+        if info is None:
+            raise ExtractorError('Unable to find info for %s'%display_id)
+
+        title = info['title']
+        description = info['excerpt']
+        upload_date = info['date'][:10].replace('-', '')
+        video_id = info['fov_videoid']
+        creator = ','.join([a['display_name'] for a in info['authors']])
+        thumbnail = self._og_search_property('image', webpage)
+        content_id = thumbnail.split('/')[-1].split('.')[0]
+        content_url = 'https://content.jwplatform.com/jw6/{content_id}.xml'.format(content_id=content_id)
+        content = self._download_xml(content_url, video_id)
+
+        formats = []
+        for source in content.findall('.//{http://rss.jwpcdn.com/}source'):
+            if source.attrib['file'].endswith('.m3u8'):
+                formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                    source.attrib['file'], video_id, 'mp4', preference=1, m3u8_id='hls'))
+
+        return {
+            'creator': creator,
+            'description': description,
+            'display_id': display_id,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'id': video_id,
+            'id': video_id,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'title': title,
+            'upload_date': upload_date,
+        }