Both of Chicago’s daily newspapers are now in bankruptcy after the Sun Times files for court protection…You can now view videos of the seminars from January’s DOMAINfest Global conference online at no charge…plus some other notes about upcoming events.

DN Journal’s latest monthly newsletter features a conversation with Rick Schwartz that reveals what is in store for the upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Silicon Valley as well as Schwartz’s views on the future of domain monetization, live auctions & the domain industry itself.

In the last big economic downturn domainers like Frank Schilling and Kevin Ham made their fortunes by buying up assets few others wanted. Could history repeat itself in the current slump? Rick Schwartz predicts some domainers will indeed hit it big, but the new fortunes will come from something other than domains!

The theme for next month’s GeoDomain Expo in San Diego will be “Freefall! (How to Monetize the Collapse of Traditional Media).” A stunning new report on revenue declines in the newspaper industry underscores the timeliness of the Expo’s theme and the huge opportunity opening up for geodomain owners.

A sizeable community of domainers has taken over a corner at Twitter.com, the increasingly popular social network based on microblogging. For those who have heard about it but still don’t know what all of the fuss is about, we’ll tell you where you can find everything you always wanted to know about Twitter.

The rapidly growing domain mass development sector that we wrote about in our current Cover Story got another new player today (and more are on the way). Also, Bido.com has announced a major format change. .Com will no longer be the only extension you will see at the auction site.

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Our latest Top 20 Chart is led by the year’s third biggest sale to date and the country codes continued to show tremendous strength placing eight names on the all extension leader board.

The new .tel extension opened for public registration today…Rick Schwartz will appear on a live web broadcast tonight…ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin calls attention to some new threats domain owners need to aware of…Kevin Ham’s new son…and still another newspaper print edition meets the Grim Reaper.

This industry attracts more good-hearted people than any I’ve ever been a part of. Another example of that came this past weekend when a group of domainers banded together to try to save an animal rescue facility in Arizona. The effort is ongoing and will culminate in a big charity auction April 1. Here’s how you can help.