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Loss Per Common Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
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 loss per common share from continuing operations.
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Numerator for basic loss per common share – loss from continuing operations |  | $ | (11,844) |  | $ | (11,832) |  | $ | (39,091) |  | $ | (49,790) |
Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests |  |  | (1,910) |  |  | (1,312) |  |  | (4,410) |  |  | (5,159) |
Loss attributable to MDC Partners Inc. common shareholders from continuing operations |  |  | (13,754) |  |  | (13,144) |  |  | (43,501) |  |  | (54,949) |
Effect of dilutive securities |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Numerator for diluted loss per common share – loss attributable to MDC Partners Inc. common shareholders from continuing operations |  | $ | (13,754) |  | $ | (13,144) |  | $ | (43,501) |  | $ | (54,949) |
Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic loss per common share – adjusted weighted shares |  |  | 31,470,466 |  |  | 31,051,561 |  |  | 31,368,629 |  |  | 30,606,146 |
Effect of dilutive securities |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Denominator for diluted loss per common share - adjusted weighted shares |  |  | 31,470,466 |  |  | 31,051,561 |  |  | 31,368,629 |  |  | 30,606,146 |
Basic and diluted loss per common share from continuing operations attributable to MDC Partners Inc. |  | $ | (0.44) |  | $ | (0.42) |  | $ | (1.39) |  | $ | (1.80) |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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