diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/condenast.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/condenast.py
index f336a3c62..fef36fdfd 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/condenast.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/condenast.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
 import json
@@ -20,30 +21,31 @@ class CondeNastIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     # The keys are the supported sites and the values are the name to be shown
     # to the user and in the extractor description.
-    _SITES = {'wired': u'WIRED',
-              'gq': u'GQ',
-              'vogue': u'Vogue',
-              'glamour': u'Glamour',
-              'wmagazine': u'W Magazine',
-              'vanityfair': u'Vanity Fair',
-              }
+    _SITES = {
+        'wired': 'WIRED',
+        'gq': 'GQ',
+        'vogue': 'Vogue',
+        'glamour': 'Glamour',
+        'wmagazine': 'W Magazine',
+        'vanityfair': 'Vanity Fair',
+    }
 
     _VALID_URL = r'http://(video|www).(?P<site>%s).com/(?P<type>watch|series|video)/(?P<id>.+)' % '|'.join(_SITES.keys())
-    IE_DESC = u'Condé Nast media group: %s' % ', '.join(sorted(_SITES.values()))
+    IE_DESC = 'Condé Nast media group: %s' % ', '.join(sorted(_SITES.values()))
 
     _TEST = {
-        u'url': u'http://video.wired.com/watch/3d-printed-speakers-lit-with-led',
-        u'file': u'5171b343c2b4c00dd0c1ccb3.mp4',
-        u'md5': u'1921f713ed48aabd715691f774c451f7',
-        u'info_dict': {
-            u'title': u'3D Printed Speakers Lit With LED',
-            u'description': u'Check out these beautiful 3D printed LED speakers.  You can\'t actually buy them, but LumiGeek is working on a board that will let you make you\'re own.',
+        'url': 'http://video.wired.com/watch/3d-printed-speakers-lit-with-led',
+        'file': '5171b343c2b4c00dd0c1ccb3.mp4',
+        'md5': '1921f713ed48aabd715691f774c451f7',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': '3D Printed Speakers Lit With LED',
+            'description': 'Check out these beautiful 3D printed LED speakers.  You can\'t actually buy them, but LumiGeek is working on a board that will let you make you\'re own.',
         }
     }
 
     def _extract_series(self, url, webpage):
         title = self._html_search_regex(r'<div class="cne-series-info">.*?<h1>(.+?)</h1>',
-                                        webpage, u'series title', flags=re.DOTALL)
+                                        webpage, 'series title', flags=re.DOTALL)
         url_object = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(url)
         base_url = '%s://%s' % (url_object.scheme, url_object.netloc)
         m_paths = re.finditer(r'<p class="cne-thumb-title">.*?<a href="(/watch/.+?)["\?]',
@@ -57,24 +59,24 @@ class CondeNastIE(InfoExtractor):
         description = self._html_search_regex([r'<div class="cne-video-description">(.+?)</div>',
                                                r'<div class="video-post-content">(.+?)</div>',
                                                ],
-                                              webpage, u'description',
+                                              webpage, 'description',
                                               fatal=False, flags=re.DOTALL)
         params = self._search_regex(r'var params = {(.+?)}[;,]', webpage,
-                                    u'player params', flags=re.DOTALL)
-        video_id = self._search_regex(r'videoId: [\'"](.+?)[\'"]', params, u'video id')
-        player_id = self._search_regex(r'playerId: [\'"](.+?)[\'"]', params, u'player id')
-        target = self._search_regex(r'target: [\'"](.+?)[\'"]', params, u'target')
+                                    'player params', flags=re.DOTALL)
+        video_id = self._search_regex(r'videoId: [\'"](.+?)[\'"]', params, 'video id')
+        player_id = self._search_regex(r'playerId: [\'"](.+?)[\'"]', params, 'player id')
+        target = self._search_regex(r'target: [\'"](.+?)[\'"]', params, 'target')
         data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'videoId': video_id,
                                               'playerId': player_id,
                                               'target': target,
                                               })
         base_info_url = self._search_regex(r'url = [\'"](.+?)[\'"][,;]',
-                                           webpage, u'base info url',
+                                           webpage, 'base info url',
                                            default='http://player.cnevids.com/player/loader.js?')
         info_url = base_info_url + data
         info_page = self._download_webpage(info_url, video_id,
-                                           u'Downloading video info')
-        video_info = self._search_regex(r'var video = ({.+?});', info_page, u'video info')
+                                           'Downloading video info')
+        video_info = self._search_regex(r'var video = ({.+?});', info_page, 'video info')
         video_info = json.loads(video_info)
 
         def _formats_sort_key(f):