diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/morningstar.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/morningstar.py
index 35ee6ef8f..0093bcd6c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/morningstar.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/morningstar.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 
 class MorningstarIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = 'morningstar.com'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.|news\.|)morningstar\.com/[cC]over/video[cC]enter\.aspx\?id=(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|news)\.)morningstar\.com/[cC]over/video[cC]enter\.aspx\?id=(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'http://www.morningstar.com/cover/videocenter.aspx?id=615869',
         'md5': '6c0acface7a787aadc8391e4bbf7b0f5',