Getting a physical copy of the San Francisco Chronicle from a street vendor, already something of a nostalgic callback, is becoming a thing of the past.

KPIX reports that the Chronicle will no longer pay street vendors to sell their publication, citing the minimum wage as the root cause in their headline. But that's unsubstantiated in the piece, and the Chronicle hasn't yet given them comment, so hold your judgment there. After all, there are a lot of possible reasons why this could be happening, instead of or in addition to changes made to the minimum wage.

Further, the channel reports that vendors are to disappear completely. And yes, the departure of people one so often sees downtown will certainly spark alot of sad "sign of the times" talk. But not all papers are giving up on news vendors all at once, so that may be hyperbolic.

Still, at least one vendor is definitely disappearing. James Miller, a contractor, said goodbye to the business on Friday, parting with his post selling the Chron near Montgomery Street BART.

"It’s changed over the last couple of years,” said Miller. “They’re trying to go online and home deliveries, which probably explains why they’re trying to get rid of us so they can get more profit out of home deliveries and online.”

Physical copies of the Chronicle will be available in corner machines and at stores, of course. You just can't get it the real old fashioned way like your grandparents used to.

And yet, you seem to have found your way to a blog on the Internet. You'll probably be fine.

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