Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of Goodwill (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 870,301,000	$ 844,759,000	$ 870,301,000
Acquired goodwill		0	24,778,000
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	(764,000)	(17,593,000)	(764,000)
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		(3,238,000)	(48,524,000)
Goodwill, Transfers		0	0
Foreign currency translation		12,007,000	(1,032,000)
Ending Balance		835,935,000	844,759,000
Reportable Segment [Domain]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	142,286,000	176,686,000	142,286,000
Acquired goodwill		0	0
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		(16,629,000)	0
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		0	0
Goodwill, Transfers		0	34,400,000
Foreign currency translation		0	0
Ending Balance		160,057,000	176,686,000
All Other [Domain]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	229,607,000	201,904,000	229,607,000
Acquired goodwill		0	0
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		0	(764,000)
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		(3,238,000)	(29,631,000)
Goodwill, Transfers		(3,630,000)	0
Foreign currency translation		6,085,000	2,692,000
Ending Balance		201,121,000	201,904,000
Global Integrated Agencies [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	364,159,000	350,716,000	364,159,000
Acquired goodwill		0	24,778,000
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		(964,000)	0
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		0	0
Goodwill, Transfers		3,630,000	(34,400,000)
Foreign currency translation		5,689,000	(3,821,000)
Ending Balance		359,071,000	350,716,000
Domestic Creative Agencies [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	36,671,000	36,762,000	36,671,000
Acquired goodwill		0	0
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		0	0
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		0	0
Goodwill, Transfers		0	0
Foreign currency translation		218,000	91,000
Ending Balance		36,980,000	36,762,000
Specialist Communications [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 97,578,000	78,691,000	97,578,000
Acquired goodwill		0	0
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		0	0
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		0	(18,893,000)
Goodwill, Transfers		0	0
Foreign currency translation		15,000	6,000
Ending Balance		$ 78,706,000	$ 78,691,000

Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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