diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 09209a739..cf01d813f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ from .nowness import NownessIE
 from .nowvideo import NowVideoIE
 from .nrk import NRKIE
 from .ntv import NTVIE
+from .nytimes import NYTimesIE
 from .oe1 import OE1IE
 from .ooyala import OoyalaIE
 from .orf import ORFIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nytimes.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nytimes.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07d4deee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nytimes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import parse_iso8601
+
+
+class NYTimesIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?nytimes\.com/video/(?:[^/]+/)+(?P<id>\d+)'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000002847155/verbatim-what-is-a-photocopier.html?playlistId=100000001150263',
+        'md5': '18a525a510f942ada2720db5f31644c0',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '100000002847155',
+            'ext': 'mov',
+            'title': 'Verbatim: What Is a Photocopier?',
+            'description': 'md5:93603dada88ddbda9395632fdc5da260',
+            'timestamp': 1398631707,
+            'upload_date': '20140427',
+            'uploader': 'Brett Weiner',
+            'duration': 419,
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+
+        video_data = self._download_json(
+            'http://www.nytimes.com/svc/video/api/v2/video/%s' % video_id, video_id, 'Downloading video JSON')
+
+        title = video_data['headline']
+        description = video_data['summary']
+        duration = video_data['duration'] / 1000.0
+
+        uploader = video_data['byline']
+        timestamp = parse_iso8601(video_data['publication_date'][:-8])
+
+        formats = [
+            {
+                'url': video['url'],
+                'format_id': video['type'],
+                'vcodec': video['video_codec'],
+                'width': video['width'],
+                'height': video['height'],
+                'filesize': video['fileSize'],
+            } for video in video_data['renditions']
+        ]
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        thumbnails = [
+            {
+                'url': 'http://www.nytimes.com/%s' % image['url'],
+                'resolution': '%dx%d' % (image['width'], image['height']),
+            } for image in video_data['images']
+        ]
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'timestamp': timestamp,
+            'uploader': uploader,
+            'duration': duration,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+        }
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