Cityfile: New York's Most Notable and Influential

Happy Birthday | Wyclef Jean has been busy stumping for Obama as of late, but perhaps he'll find time to take a short break today to celebrate his 36th birthday. Others who may (or may not) indulge in cake today: Socialite Debbie Bancroft is 54. Artist Ryan McGinley is 31. Chicago director Rob Marshall is 48. Legendary newsman Jimmy Breslin is 79. New Yorker staff writer and author Ariel Levy is 34. Film critic Richard Roeper turns 49. Eminem celebrates his 36th. Ziggy Marley, the son of Bob Marley, is 40. And Kirna Zabête co-owner Beth Buccini is 37. Weekend birthdays after the jump. More

• Is Eurotrash social networking site ASmallWorld.net running low on cash? It seems employees weren't paid on time last week. [Gawker]
• The Times has entered into a partnership with LinkedIn. The paper also plans to launch a "public records" blog. [CNET, Romenesko]
• The iced coffee on the anchors' desk during Fox's morning broadcast in Las Vegas? It's brought to you (or them) by McDonald's. [NYT]
• Conde Nast employees will have to pay for their own tickets to watch the Black Eyed Peas perform at the Fashion Rocks benefit at Radio City Music Hall in September. [Observer]
• Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper will be replaced by Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz. [Jossip]
• Radar has picked up Moe Tkacik, one of the editors of Jezebel.com [Radar]
• Lots of speculation about Amy Poehler's new NBC comedy. [TV Decoder]