diff --git a/app/extensions.js b/app/extensions.js
index 46e72f31f41..8d962fef3ed 100644
--- a/app/extensions.js
+++ b/app/extensions.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ let generateBraveManifest = () => {
     manifest_version: 2,
     version: '1.0',
     background: {
-      scripts: [ 'content/scripts/idleHandler.js' ],
+      scripts: [ 'content/scripts/requestHandler.js', 'content/scripts/idleHandler.js' ],
       persistent: true
     },
     content_scripts: [
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ let generateBraveManifest = () => {
     'style-src': '\'self\' \'unsafe-inline\'',
     'font-src': '\'self\' data:',
     'img-src': '* data: file://*',
+    'connect-src': 'https://www.youtube.com https://www.twitch.tv',
     'frame-src': '\'self\' https://brave.com'
   }
 
@@ -199,9 +200,11 @@ let generateBraveManifest = () => {
     // allow access to webpack dev server resources
     let devServer = 'localhost:' + process.env.npm_package_config_port
     cspDirectives['default-src'] = '\'self\' http://' + devServer
-    cspDirectives['connect-src'] = ['\'self\'',
+    cspDirectives['connect-src'] = cspDirectives['connect-src'] + [
+      ' \'self\'',
       'http://' + devServer,
-      'ws://' + devServer].join(' ')
+      'ws://' + devServer
+    ].join(' ')
     cspDirectives['style-src'] = '\'self\' \'unsafe-inline\' http://' + devServer
     cspDirectives['font-src'] += ` http://${devServer}`
   }
diff --git a/app/extensions/brave/content/scripts/requestHandler.js b/app/extensions/brave/content/scripts/requestHandler.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ecb8295ad34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/extensions/brave/content/scripts/requestHandler.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const ipc = chrome.ipcRenderer
+
+ipc.send('got-background-page-webcontents')
+
+ipc.on('fetch-publisher-info', (e, url, options) => {
+  let finalUrl = url
+  window.fetch(url, options).then((response) => {
+    finalUrl = response.url
+    return response.text()
+  }).then((text) => {
+    const parser = new DOMParser()
+    const html = parser.parseFromString(text, 'text/html')
+    ipc.send('got-publisher-info-' + url, {
+      error: null,
+      url: finalUrl,
+      title: html.title,
+      image: html.querySelector('meta[property="og:image:secure_url"],meta[property="og:image:url"],meta[property="og:image"],meta[name="twitter:image:src"],meta[name="twitter:image"]').content
+    })
+  }).catch((err) => {
+    console.log('fetch error', err)
+    ipc.send('got-publisher-info-' + url, {
+      url: finalUrl,
+      error: err.message
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/js/lib/request.js b/js/lib/request.js
index b7cc6420daa..e4a123a2852 100644
--- a/js/lib/request.js
+++ b/js/lib/request.js
@@ -8,8 +8,16 @@ const electron = require('electron')
 const session = electron.session
 const underscore = require('underscore')
 const urlParse = require('../../app/common/urlParse')
+const ipc = electron.ipcMain
 
 var cachedDefaultSession = null
+var backgroundPageWebContents = null
+
+if (ipc) {
+  ipc.on('got-background-page-webcontents', (e) => {
+    backgroundPageWebContents = e.sender
+  })
+}
 
 const getDefaultSession = () => {
   if (!cachedDefaultSession) {
@@ -84,3 +92,25 @@ module.exports.requestDataFile = (url, headers, path, reject, resolve) => {
     })
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Fetches url, title, and image for a publishers site (Youtube, Twitch, etc.)
+ * See
+ * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope/fetch
+ * @param {string} url - url to fetch
+ * @param {Object} options - options to pass to window.fetch
+ * @param {Function(Object)} callback
+ */
+module.exports.fetchPublisherInfo = (url, options, callback) => {
+  if (!backgroundPageWebContents) {
+    callback({
+      url,
+      error: 'Background page web contents not initialized.'
+    })
+    return
+  }
+  backgroundPageWebContents.send('fetch-publisher-info', url, options)
+  ipc.once('got-publisher-info-' + url, (e, response) => {
+    callback(response)
+  })
+}