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Income (Loss) Per Common Share (Table) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Calculation of Numerator and Denominator in Earnings Per Share [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted income (loss) per common share from continuing operations.
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Numerator for basic income (loss) per common share - loss from continuing operations |  | $ | (16,822 | ) |  | $ | 4,171 |  |  | $ | (41,120 | ) |  | $ | (2,333 | )
Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests |  |  | (1,605 | ) |  |  | (2,527 | ) |  |  | (3,035 | ) |  |  | (4,132 | )
Income (loss) attributable to MDC Partners Inc. common shareholders from continuing operations |  |  | (18,427 | ) |  |  | 1,644 |  |  |  | (44,155 | ) |  |  | (6,465 | )
Effect of dilutive securities |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Numerator for diluted income (loss) per common share – loss attributable to MDC Partners Inc. common shareholders from continuing operations |  | $ | (18,427 | ) |  | $ | 1,644 |  |  | $ | (44,155 | ) |  | $ | (6,465 | )
Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic income (loss) per common share – adjusted weighted shares |  |  | 30,872,050 |  |  |  | 29,016,384 |  |  |  | 30,380,991 |  |  |  | 28,952,182 |
Effect of dilutive securities |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,285,338 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Denominator for diluted income (loss) per common share - adjusted weighted shares |  |  | 30,872,050 |  |  |  | 32,301,722 |  |  |  | 30,380,991 |  |  |  | 28,952,182 |
Basic income (loss) per common share from continuing operations attributable to MDC Partners Inc. |  | $ | (0.60 | ) |  | $ | 0.06 |  |  | $ | (1.45 | ) |  | $ | (0.22 | )
Diluted income (loss) per common share from continuing operations attributable to MDC Partners Inc. |  | $ | (0.60 | ) |  | $ | 0.05 |  |  | $ | (1.45 | ) |  | $ | (0.22 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the numerators and the denominators of the basic and diluted per-share (or per-unit) computations for income from continuing operations, including the effect that has been given to preferred dividends. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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