Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

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, 2014

(thousands of United States dollars)

	Strategic Marketing Services		Performance Marketing Services		Corporate		Total

Revenue	$	205,948	$	86,621	$	—	$	292,569

Cost of services sold		133,132		58,561		—		191,693

Office and general expenses		44,167		24,032		9,975		78,174

Depreciation and amortization		5,046		5,747		502		11,295

Operating Profit (Loss)		23,603		(1,719)		(10,477)		11,407

Other Income (Expense):
Other income, net								(6,537)
Interest expense, net								(12,645)

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes, equity in affiliates								(7,775)
Income tax benefit								(334)

Loss from continuing operations before equity in affiliates								(7,441)
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated affiliates								63

Loss from continuing operations								(7,378)

Loss from discontinuing operations attributable to MDC Partners Inc., net of taxes								(106)

Net loss								(7,484)

Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests		(1,342)		(20)		—		(1,362)
Net loss attributable to MDC Partners Inc.							$	(8,846)

Stock based compensation	$	2,139	$	1,277	$	952	$	4,368

Supplemental Segment Information:

Capital expenditures	$	1,621	$	854	$	541	$	3,016

Goodwill and intangibles	$	512,931	$	433,724	$	—	$	946,655

Total Assets	$	839,792	$	594,088	$	136,392	$	1,570,272

Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

(thousands of United States dollars)

	Strategic Marketing Services		Performance Marketing Services		Corporate		Total

Revenue	$	183,430	$	82,206	$	—	$	265,636

Cost of services sold		118,571		59,287		—		177,858

Office and general expenses		36,428		20,787		10,145		67,360

Depreciation and amortization		5,774		3,340		365		9,479

Operating Profit (Loss)		22,657		(1,208)		(10,510)		10,939

Other Income (Expense):
Other expense, net								2,689
Interest expense, net								(67,913)

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes, equity in affiliates								(54,285)
Income tax benefit								(14,250)

Loss from continuing operations before equity in affiliates								(40,035)
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated affiliates								41

Loss from continuing operations								(39,994)

Loss from discontinuing operations attributable to MDC Partners Inc., net of taxes								(2,182)

Net loss								(42,176)

Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests		(762)		(220)		—		(982)
Net loss attributable to MDC Partners Inc.							$	(43,158)

Stock based compensation	$	1,141	$	829	$	2,531	$	4,501

Supplemental Segment Information:

Capital expenditures	$	1,774	$	1,052	$	89	$	2,915

Goodwill and intangibles	$	528,944	$	248,096	$	—	$	777,040

Total Assets	$	852,901	$	404,072	$	161,536	$	1,418,509

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,
2014	$	243,305	$	30,913	$	18,351	$	292,569
2013	$	219,509	$	32,055	$	14,072	$	265,636

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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