diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
index 6c75d84e55..1edafb43cb 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from .extractor.bliptv import BlipTVIE, BlipTVUserIE
 from .extractor.comedycentral import ComedyCentralIE
 from .extractor.dailymotion import DailymotionIE
 from .extractor.depositfiles import DepositFilesIE
+from .extractor.escapist import EscapistIE
 from .extractor.facebook import FacebookIE
 from .extractor.gametrailers import GametrailersIE
 from .extractor.generic import GenericIE
@@ -66,62 +67,6 @@ from .extractor.zdf import ZDFIE
 
 
 
-class EscapistIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'^(https?://)?(www\.)?escapistmagazine\.com/videos/view/(?P<showname>[^/]+)/(?P<episode>[^/?]+)[/?]?.*$'
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
-        showName = mobj.group('showname')
-        videoId = mobj.group('episode')
-
-        self.report_extraction(videoId)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, videoId)
-
-        videoDesc = self._html_search_regex('<meta name="description" content="([^"]*)"',
-            webpage, u'description', fatal=False)
-
-        imgUrl = self._html_search_regex('<meta property="og:image" content="([^"]*)"',
-            webpage, u'thumbnail', fatal=False)
-
-        playerUrl = self._html_search_regex('<meta property="og:video" content="([^"]*)"',
-            webpage, u'player url')
-
-        title = self._html_search_regex('<meta name="title" content="([^"]*)"',
-            webpage, u'player url').split(' : ')[-1]
-
-        configUrl = self._search_regex('config=(.*)$', playerUrl, u'config url')
-        configUrl = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(configUrl)
-
-        configJSON = self._download_webpage(configUrl, videoId,
-                                            u'Downloading configuration',
-                                            u'unable to download configuration')
-
-        # Technically, it's JavaScript, not JSON
-        configJSON = configJSON.replace("'", '"')
-
-        try:
-            config = json.loads(configJSON)
-        except (ValueError,) as err:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid JSON in configuration file: ' + compat_str(err))
-
-        playlist = config['playlist']
-        videoUrl = playlist[1]['url']
-
-        info = {
-            'id': videoId,
-            'url': videoUrl,
-            'uploader': showName,
-            'upload_date': None,
-            'title': title,
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'thumbnail': imgUrl,
-            'description': videoDesc,
-            'player_url': playerUrl,
-        }
-
-        return [info]
 
 class CollegeHumorIE(InfoExtractor):
     """Information extractor for collegehumor.com"""
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/escapist.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/escapist.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86b145bca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/escapist.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import json
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    compat_str,
+    compat_urllib_parse,
+
+    ExtractorError,
+)
+
+
+class EscapistIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'^(https?://)?(www\.)?escapistmagazine\.com/videos/view/(?P<showname>[^/]+)/(?P<episode>[^/?]+)[/?]?.*$'
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        if mobj is None:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+        showName = mobj.group('showname')
+        videoId = mobj.group('episode')
+
+        self.report_extraction(videoId)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, videoId)
+
+        videoDesc = self._html_search_regex('<meta name="description" content="([^"]*)"',
+            webpage, u'description', fatal=False)
+
+        imgUrl = self._html_search_regex('<meta property="og:image" content="([^"]*)"',
+            webpage, u'thumbnail', fatal=False)
+
+        playerUrl = self._html_search_regex('<meta property="og:video" content="([^"]*)"',
+            webpage, u'player url')
+
+        title = self._html_search_regex('<meta name="title" content="([^"]*)"',
+            webpage, u'player url').split(' : ')[-1]
+
+        configUrl = self._search_regex('config=(.*)$', playerUrl, u'config url')
+        configUrl = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(configUrl)
+
+        configJSON = self._download_webpage(configUrl, videoId,
+                                            u'Downloading configuration',
+                                            u'unable to download configuration')
+
+        # Technically, it's JavaScript, not JSON
+        configJSON = configJSON.replace("'", '"')
+
+        try:
+            config = json.loads(configJSON)
+        except (ValueError,) as err:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid JSON in configuration file: ' + compat_str(err))
+
+        playlist = config['playlist']
+        videoUrl = playlist[1]['url']
+
+        info = {
+            'id': videoId,
+            'url': videoUrl,
+            'uploader': showName,
+            'upload_date': None,
+            'title': title,
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'thumbnail': imgUrl,
+            'description': videoDesc,
+            'player_url': playerUrl,
+        }
+
+        return [info]