generated: '2026-08-12'
method: probed
source: >-
  Live probes of api.sendtonews.com / embed.sendtonews.com / stnvideo.com / minutemedia.com
  on 2026-08-12, plus first-party WordPress plugin readmes and the STN Video publisher
  resource pages.
notes: >-
  Minute Media publishes no versioning policy, no deprecation policy and no SLA for its API
  surfaces. What follows is what can be observed. Recorded absences are deliberate — they
  are the finding.
versioning:
  scheme: uri-path
  current: v1
  base: https://api.sendtonews.com/api/v1/
  policy_url: null
  note: >-
    The `/api/v1/` prefix is the only versioning signal; there is no published policy for
    how v2 would be introduced or how long v1 is supported.
  oembed:
    spec: oEmbed 1.0
    version_field: '1.0'
    note: The oEmbed endpoint returns `"version":"1.0"` per the oEmbed specification.
deprecation:
  policy_url: null
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  evidence: >-
    No Sunset or Deprecation response header (RFC 8594) was observed on any request to
    either API host on 2026-08-12.
sla:
  url: null
  uptime_target: null
status_page:
  url: null
  probed:
  - {url: 'https://status.stnvideo.com/', status: 'no DNS'}
  - {url: 'https://status.minutemedia.com/', status: 'no DNS'}
  note: >-
    No status page exists on either the STN Video or Minute Media domain. No StatusPage
    pointer is emitted in apis.yml, because there is nothing to point at.
brand_lifecycle:
  note: >-
    The API hosts still carry the pre-acquisition brand. SendtoNews was rebranded STN Video
    and acquired by Minute Media in January 2024, then Minute Media acquired VideoVerse
    (Magnifi) subsequently. The production API surface remained on sendtonews.com hosts —
    api.sendtonews.com and embed.sendtonews.com — while the marketing, dashboard and AMP
    surfaces moved to stnvideo.com. The oEmbed payload still returns
    `"provider_name":"SendtoNews"` and `"provider_url":"http://www.sendtonews.com/"` (over
    plain HTTP), two brands behind the current company name.
  events:
  - {date: '2024-01', event: Minute Media acquires STN Video (formerly SendtoNews)}
  - {date: '2025-04-23', event: 'STN Video WordPress Player Selector v1.2.2 published (zip last-modified)'}
  - {date: '2024-09-04', event: 'STN Video oEmbed WordPress plugin v1.0.2 published — rebrand only, no technical change'}
deprecated_operations: []
gaps:
- No deprecation policy or Sunset/Deprecation header support.
- No status page or published SLA.
- No versioning policy behind the /api/v1/ path segment.
- Production API hostnames and oEmbed provider metadata still carry a retired brand.