diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
index 5fa6faf18..0a35c2b3b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
r'by:\s*]*>(.+?)',
webpage, 'uploader', fatal=False)
uploader_id = self._html_search_regex(
- r'by:\s* on (.+?) at \d+:\d+',