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Acquisitions and Dispositions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent and Transfers to and from Noncontrolling Interest | Changes in the Company’s ownership interests in our less than 100% owned subsidiaries during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 were as follows: Net Income (Loss) Attributable to MDC Partners Inc. and Transfers (to) from the Noncontrolling Interests
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
Net loss attributable to MDC Partners Inc. | $ | (29,416 | ) |  | $ | (10,566 | )
Transfers from the noncontrolling interest: |  |  |
Decrease in MDC Partners Inc. paid-in capital for purchase of equity interests in excess of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests and Noncontrolling Interests | (1,166 | ) |  | — |
Net transfers from noncontrolling interests | $ | (1,166 | ) |  | $ | — |
Change from net loss attributable to MDC Partners Inc. and transfers to noncontrolling interests | $ | (30,582 | ) |  | $ | (10,566 | )

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