#R4LastWord obit for publisher Peter Mayer, who transformed moribund Penguin Books UK by contracting authors for hard- as well as paperback, embracing 'low' as well as 'high' culture, expanded abroad, and working relentlessly – and stood up for free speech bbc.in/2lgK0uu

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles R&D sessions hosted by @KTNUK across UK to address previously unexplored areas, and build on strengths, to maintain UK lead in this sector; will also be opportunities for pitching, and 1:1 meetings with other participants bit.ly/2lhUvxD

Publishing isn’t the mighty cash cow it once was and, thus, it’s a hugely creative and innovative time says Jeremy Leslie magCulture to The Clerkenwell Post. The tactile nature of magazines, the way they attack in a multi-sensory way is unobtainable online bit.ly/2L3Q8FH

Beyond 800 words: BBC Research & Development exec producer Tristan Faure on prototyping story formats for news for 18–26 y/olds around concepts of Expander (embedded context), Incremental (choose your own format), Viewpoints  (swiping opinions) and Fastforward  (scrollable video) bit.ly/2Mqc0Yu

Granada Television was the most innovative TV company in the '60s. There was a cultural revolution in the northern cities and move from London. TV and newspapers were vigorous and exploratory; newspapers don’t exist now – Michael Parkinson #R4SaturdayLive bbc.in/2BoH2iE

Media Reform Coalition Special Meeting on the #CairncrossReview this evening Birkbeck, University of London with Dr Martin Moore Dr Angela Phillips (Angela Phillips) Kerry-Ann Mendoza Canary Michelle Stanistreet and Jim Cusick bit.ly/2xWVwC8

#ModMag London 2018 hosted by magCulture takes place Conway Hall, 1/11, with speakers inc. National Geographic ELLEUK AIGA Eye on Design MUNDIAL Courier @the_wing @goodtroublemag Sabat Magazine a Dance Mag Ian Birch; hosted by @LivSiddall and Jeremy Leslie bit.ly/2Efd1Dh

News Impact Summit (Cardiff) today on Local News & Community Engagement and 'challenges and opportunities that will define the future of regional, local, and hyperlocal news'; supported by Google News Initiative and European Journalism Centre (European Journalism Centre) bit.ly/2J2OOit #NISCDF

Computer and full-motion video games aren't new, but seamless branching video can now be accessed at home. It’s never going to replace traditional story-telling, and I'm still writing linear narratives – Charlie Brooker on #Bandersnatch on #R4FrontRow bbc.in/2Fi5hzh

Masthead Reporting Residency: The Atlantic launches a reader-funded, US-based, 3-month residency to cultivate emerging writers as a new generation of public-service journalists, developing a portfolio piece or series; with a $15K stipend bit.ly/2Ftk36y

Discussion of Apple's soon-to-be announced entertainment service on #r4oday with David Abrahams and Sophie Curtis (Sophie Curtis), 08:25, on the competition, value to UK Creative Industries, implications for public service broadcasting, and regulating which platforms are pre-installed

Mark Thompson, President and CEO of The The New York Times Company, and former BBC DG, will deliver the 2019 Steve Hewlett Memorial Lecture for the Royal Television Society (Royal Television Society ), 24/9, with proceeds going to #RTSSteveHewlettFund scholarships buff.ly/2I1OAbO

Impartial Journalism in a Polarised World: Tortoise’s James Harding convenes discussion BBC Radio 4, TX 09:00, with Robert Robert Peston The Atlantic’s Helen Lewis Julia Hartley-Brewer (Julia Hartley-Brewer) @BBCMarkMardell and VICE UK’s Gavin Haynes buff.ly/2Lu39Hz (cc Michael Kowalski)

An audience doesn't exist: it is a collection of human beings. ‘There is no such thing as a bad audience, only a bad performance’ / The British never criticise the ‘cultural appropriation’ of Shakespeare – theatre director Peter Brook on #BBCFrontRow buff.ly/2JjUTbh

BBC Radio 4 Today Student Journalism Awards 2019: Journalist of the Year @HamzahAbbas_; Visual Journalist: Ollie Cameron; Publication: ‘The Boar’; Critic: John Maier; Broadcaster: Georgia Stewardson; Programme: ‘A week in Concrete’ #r4today buff.ly/31QTorz

We each learn form the experience of others, historical and imaginary, which is why the idea that the arts don’t matter and can be cut in schools is so stupid – Pat Barker / You should read, as you can hold the whole world your hand – Lee Child #R4OpenBook buff.ly/35zYISn

Government needs to recognise that the market is failing in journalism, and the #CairncrossReview pointed out the need for in/direct support for local journalism; but they need to reward the innovators and not be propping up the old models – Adam Cantwell-Corn of The Bristol Cable #BBCPM

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