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Acquisitions (Details Textual) (Aggregate year to date acquisitions [Member], USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Aggregate year to date acquisitions [Member]
  
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals, Description During 2012, the Company completed a number of transactions. Effective March 28, 2012, MDC invested in Doner Partners LLC ("Doner"). The Company acquired a 30% voting interest and a convertible preferred interest that allows the Company to increase ordinary voting ownership to 70% at MDC's option, at no additional cost to the Company. Doner is a full service integrated creative agency. In addition, the Company acquired a 70% interest in TargetCast LLC ("TargetCast"). TargetCast is a full service media agency that expands our media strategy and activation offerings. The Company acquired a 51% interest in Dotbox LLC ("Dotbox"), and subsequently acquired the remaining 49% of the equity interests in Dotbox.
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price $ 99,299
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid 23,471
Business Acquisition, Deferred Acquisition Consideration 67,812
Business Acquisition, Working Capital Payments 8,016
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Amortizable Intangible Assets 31,968
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill Amount 113,404
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Equity, Carrying Amount 18,501
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Intangibles and Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible, Amount 145,372
Reduction to Short Term Noncontrolling Interest 197
Decrease in Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest 12,523
Step Up Adjustment to Paid in Capital $ 13,920