• Finder takes on external funding after 15 years of being bootstrapped
• Blackburn had previously served as the head of media relations and media relations lead
• Plus: Wil Anderson on being an indie, Podcast Ranker, AFR's new pod, A Positive Climate, I Was a Teenage Prize-Pig
• Payne joins with over 20 years of experience working with big brands
• Pezaro joins from online lender, Prospa
• Managing editor, Kate Browne, spoke to Mediaweek