diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
index 609f78294..9e8fb35b2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class SpankwireIE(InfoExtractor):
r'by:\s*]*>(.+?)',
webpage, 'uploader', fatal=False)
uploader_id = self._html_search_regex(
- r'by:\s* on (.+?) at \d+:\d+',