diff --git a/recipes/economist.recipe b/recipes/economist.recipe
index b5e2a1fd9b..9c0b08c744 100644
--- a/recipes/economist.recipe
+++ b/recipes/economist.recipe
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ class Economist(BasicNewsRecipe):
     remove_tags = [
             dict(name=['script', 'noscript', 'title', 'iframe', 'cf_floatingcontent']),
             dict(attrs={'class':['dblClkTrk', 'ec-article-info',
-                'share_inline_header', 'related-items']}),
+                'share_inline_header', 'related-items',
+                                 'main-content-container']}),
             {'class': lambda x: x and 'share-links-header' in x},
     ]
-    keep_only_tags = [dict(id='ec-article-body')]
+    keep_only_tags = [dict(name='article')]
     no_stylesheets = True
     preprocess_regexps = [(re.compile('</html>.*', re.DOTALL),
         lambda x:'</html>')]
diff --git a/recipes/economist_free.recipe b/recipes/economist_free.recipe
index b5e2a1fd9b..9c0b08c744 100644
--- a/recipes/economist_free.recipe
+++ b/recipes/economist_free.recipe
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ class Economist(BasicNewsRecipe):
     remove_tags = [
             dict(name=['script', 'noscript', 'title', 'iframe', 'cf_floatingcontent']),
             dict(attrs={'class':['dblClkTrk', 'ec-article-info',
-                'share_inline_header', 'related-items']}),
+                'share_inline_header', 'related-items',
+                                 'main-content-container']}),
             {'class': lambda x: x and 'share-links-header' in x},
     ]
-    keep_only_tags = [dict(id='ec-article-body')]
+    keep_only_tags = [dict(name='article')]
     no_stylesheets = True
     preprocess_regexps = [(re.compile('</html>.*', re.DOTALL),
         lambda x:'</html>')]