10-06-2008, 05:35 AM
Years ago I worked in television and dropped my last name for a more generic and easier to pronounce last name. I used a version of my middle name. That is the case with a lot of folks in the media (maybe free beer as well). The main reason is to avoid the inevitable stalking and intrusions by the public using online searches and phone books. It is not a secret that Zane did the same thing and so do most of the people in your local news. You normally can tell when a news anchor or weather person have a first and last name that sound eerily like two first names. Again, this may not be the case with the beer, but just thought I would throw it out there.