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Discontinued Operations | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block] |
6. | Discontinued Operations
In September 2012, the Company discontinued a subsidiary, Hudson and Sunset Media, LLC. The results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was a loss of $60 and $65, respectively. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was a loss of $343 and $431, respectively. In June 2012, the Company discontinued a start-up subsidiary, The Bull-Whitehouse, LLC. The results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was a loss of $60 and $34, respectively. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was a loss of $755 and $34, respectively. In June 2012, the Company also discontinued a division of Redscout LLC, called Redscout Ventures. The results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was a loss of nil and $174, respectively. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was a loss of $585 and $603, respectively. In December 2011, the Company discontinued a division of Accent Marketing Services, LLC, called Performance Marketing Group. As a result, the Company has classified this entity’s results of operations as as discontinued operations. The results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was a loss of $510 and $335, respectively. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was a loss of $1,470 and $801, respectively. Included in discontinued operations in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was the following:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Revenue |  | $ | 1,964 |  |  | $ | 2,539 |  |  | $ | 6,940 |  |  | $ | 9,889 |
Operating loss |  | $ | (644 | ) |  | $ | (677 | ) |  | $ | (3,505 | ) |  | $ | (2,239 | )
Other income (1) |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 69 |  |  | $ | 352 |  |  | $ | 370 |
Net loss from discontinued operations attributable to MDC Partners Inc., net of taxes |  | $ | (630 | ) |  | $ | (608 | ) |  | $ | (3,153 | ) |  | $ | (1,869 | )
(1) | Includes loss attributable to noncontrolling interests.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the facts and circumstances leading to the completed or expected disposal, manner and timing of disposal, the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the segment in which the disposal group was reported, and the classification (whether sold or classified as held for sale) and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group. Includes all disposal groups, including those classified as components of the entity (discontinued operations). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1474-107760 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 144 -Paragraph 43-48 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e957-107759 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1436-107760 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2941-110230 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=8077374&loc=d3e2443-110228 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e1012-107759 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1510-107760 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e1020-107759 + Details
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