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Segment Information (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block] | Summary financial information concerning the Company’s operating segments is shown in the following tables: Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 (thousands of United States dollars)
|  | Strategic Marketing Services |  |  | Performance Marketing Services |  |  | Corporate |  |  | Total |
Revenue |  | $ | 183,844 |  |  | $ | 83,170 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 267,014 |
Cost of services sold |  |  | 119,046 |  |  |  | 59,961 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 179,007 |
Office and general expenses |  |  | 36,689 |  |  |  | 21,171 |  |  |  | 10,145 |  |  |  | 68,005 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 5,834 |  |  |  | 3,423 |  |  |  | 365 |  |  |  | 9,622 |
Operating Profit (Loss) |  |  | 22,275 |  |  |  | (1,385 | ) |  |  | (10,510 | ) |  |  | 10,380 |
Other Income (Expense): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other income, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,692 |
Interest expense, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (67,980 | )
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes, equity in affiliates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (54,908 | )
Income tax benefit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (14,250 | )
Loss from continuing operations before equity in affiliates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (40,658 | )
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated affiliates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 41 |
Loss from continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (40,617 | )
Loss from discontinuing operations attributable to MDC Partners Inc., net of taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (1,557 | )
Net loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (42,174 | )
Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests |  |  | (762 | ) |  |  | (222 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (984 | )
Net loss attributable to MDC Partners Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (43,158 | )
Non cash stock based compensation |  | $ | 1,141 |  |  | $ | 829 |  |  | $ | 2,531 |  |  | $ | 4,501 |
Supplemental Segment Information: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital expenditures |  | $ | 1,778 |  |  | $ | 1,052 |  |  | $ | 89 |  |  | $ | 2,919 |
Goodwill and intangibles |  | $ | 528,944 |  |  | $ | 248,096 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 777,040 |
Total assets |  | $ | 852,901 |  |  | $ | 404,072 |  |  | $ | 161,536 |  |  | $ | 1,418,509 |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 (thousands of United States dollars)
|  | Strategic Marketing Services |  |  | Performance Marketing Services |  |  | Corporate |  |  | Total |
Revenue |  | $ | 160,096 |  |  | $ | 75,056 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 235,152 |
Cost of services sold |  |  | 119,553 |  |  |  | 56,493 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 176,046 |
Office and general expenses |  |  | 34,640 |  |  |  | 17,295 |  |  |  | 7,933 |  |  |  | 59,868 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 5,097 |  |  |  | 4,543 |  |  |  | 348 |  |  |  | 9,988 |
Operating Profit (Loss) |  |  | 806 |  |  |  | (3,275 | ) |  |  | (8,281 | ) |  |  | (10,750 | )
Other Income (Expense): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other expense, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (1,023 | )
Interest expense, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (10,928 | )
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes, equity in affiliates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (22,701 | )
Income tax expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,263 |
Loss from continuing operations before equity in affiliates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (23,964 | )
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated affiliates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 272 |
Loss from continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (23,692 | )
Loss from discontinuing operations attributable to MDC Partners Inc., net of taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (1,092 | )
Net loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (24,784 | )
Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests |  |  | (1,100 | ) |  |  | (397 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,497 | )
Net loss attributable to MDC Partners Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (26,281 | )
Non cash stock based compensation |  | $ | 1,866 |  |  | $ | 1,691 |  |  | $ | 2,327 |  |  | $ | 5,884 |
Supplemental Segment Information: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital expenditures |  | $ | 2,676 |  |  | $ | 2,316 |  |  | $ | 100 |  |  | $ | 5,092 |
Goodwill and intangibles |  | $ | 551,674 |  |  | $ | 260,672 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 812,346 |
Total Assets |  | $ | 837,832 |  |  | $ | 414,448 |  |  | $ | 86,330 |  |  | $ | 1,338,610 |
Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block] | A summary of the Company’s revenue by geographic area, based on the location in which the services originated, is set forth in the following table:
|  | United States |  |  | Canada |  |  | Other |  |  | Total |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Three Months Ended March 31, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2013 |  | $ | 220,656 |  |  | $ | 32,285 |  |  | $ | 14,073 |  |  | $ | 267,014 |
2012 |  | $ | 187,359 |  |  | $ | 36,439 |  |  | $ | 11,354 |  |  | $ | 235,152 |

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