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MDC Partners Takes Majority Stake in Portland Indie Shop Instrument

Likely its first 2018 acquisition of several

This Also will be folded into the Portland shop.Instrument
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By Lindsay Rittenhouse

April 2, 2018

MDC Partners announced today it has taken a 51 percent majority stake in Portland, Ore., independent digital agency Instrument for an undisclosed sum. It’s the holding company’s first 2018 acquisition of what will likely be several.

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Lindsay Rittenhouse

Lindsay Rittenhouse is a staff writer at Adweek, where she specializes in covering the world of agencies and their clients.

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