Public Relations 2016

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Public Relations In addition to our traditional advertising efforts, at William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty we work to secure editorial coverage for our listings in key media outlets based in our local markets, around the country and across the globe. Through our close connections with reporters and editors at relevant print and online publications, our dedicated public relations team has generated widespread exposure and interest in our properties and our company, to the benefit of all of our listings company-wide. In 2015 alone, our company achieved more than 1,000 press placements.

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This $12.8 Million Connecticut Home Comes with its Own Lighthouse ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST MARCH 21, 2016 An Old Saybrook, Conn., Fenwick compound with a lighthouse was featured in Architectural Digest as well as Mansion Global, Curbed, Town & Country, Country Living, Ocean Home, Yahoo! and more.

Connecticut Home of Edgar Bronfman Sr. Seeks $7.995 Million THE WALL STREET JOURNAL MAY 3, 2016 The Westport property of the late billionaire came to the market with a launch story in The Wall Street Journal’s “Private Properties” column, and was also featured on CBS’s “Living Large.”

A Connecticut Estate with a Sunken Garden and Secret Hideaway THE WALL STREET JOURNAL JULY 26, 2016 The Salisbury, Conn., estate of nuclear arms control activist Herbert Scoville, Jr. was The Wall Street Journal’s House of the Day and mentioned on the Extraordinary Living blog.

A 70-Acre Estate in Connecticut Seeks $14.9 Million—Greek Folly and Amphitheater Included MANSION GLOBAL AUGUST 1, 2016 An architecturally unique property in Washington, Conn., launched with an exclusive Mansion Global news story.

Five Midcentury Modern Mansions on the Market Now On the Market in the New York Region THE NEW YORK TIMES APRIL 3, 2016 A Rye Brook, N.Y., contemporary was included in the “On the Market” column, while also making an appearance in the April issue of The New York Times Homes magazine.

BLOOMBERG PURSUITS MAY 16, 2016 Philip Johnson’s Wiley House in New Canaan was included in a roundup of midcentury modern mansions on the market, with additional recent exposure in The Wall Street Journal’s Mansion section, Elle Décor, Architectural Digest, Curbed and Business Insider.


Replica of Jefferson’s Monticello sells at auction for $2.1M THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNE 1, 2016 The sale at auction of the replica of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, built by Friendly’s co-founder S. Prestley Blake, resulted in two Associated Press stories that quickly spread to hundreds of additional media outlets including The New York Times, Salon, The Daily Mail (UK), Yahoo! and many more.

20 Celebrity Homes We Wish We Could Vacation in This Summer ELLE DÉCOR JUNE 17, 2016

Rad Modern Home Designed for Entertaining Asks $3.4M

Sunset Hall, a Ridgefield, Conn., property once owned by actor Robert Vaughn, was included in Elle Décor’s look at celebrity summer homes with additional exposure on MSN.

A wooden contemporary in Darien, Conn., was House of the Day on Curbed and was also featured in the July issue of Connecticut Cottages & Gardens.

CURBED JUNE 17, 2016

New Yorkers Discover Cheaper, Better Hamptons Alternatives NEW YORK POST AUGUST 3, 2016 The Berkshires was highlighted as a great market for New Yorkers seeking second or year-round residences, with two Richmond, Mass., properties included and a Great Barrington, Mass., agent extensively quoted.

For Sale: 6 Breathtaking Riverside Homes THE WEEK MARCH 26, 2016 A Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., home previously owned by numerous political figures appeared in The Week’s “Best Properties on the Market” column, achieving additional press in WAG magazine.

Living Large: Westchester Waterfront CBS FEBRUARY 4, 2016 A mid-century contemporary in Mamaroneck, N.Y., was highlighted in a segment on the CBS evening news, with the agent giving an on-camera tour.


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Architectural Digest Avenue The Berkshire Eagle Berkshire Record Berkshire Style Berkshire Trade and Commerce Bloomberg Pursuits Boston Globe Business Insider CBS Living Large The Commercial Record Connecticut Cottages & Gardens Connecticut Magazine Connecticut Post CNBC CNNMoney Country Life Curbed The Daily Mail (UK) The Daily News The Daily Voice Danbury News-Times Darien News Darien Times The Day Departures Eastchester Review Elle Décor Fairfield Citizen Fairfield County Business Journal Fairfield Minuteman

Financial Times Forbes.com Good Housekeeping Greenwich Time Hamlet Hub Happening in the Hills Harrison Herald The Hartford Courant Haute Living Haute Residence HGTV The Hour Herald Sun (Australia) House Beautiful The Huffington Post Inman News The Journal News The Lakeville Journal Larchmont Ledger Litchfield County Times Lonny Magazine LORE Los Angeles Times Luxe Luxury Properties (Hong Kong) Mamaroneck Review Mansion Global The Mayfair Magazine (UK) Milano Finanza (Italy) MSN My Hometown Bronxville

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NBC Open House New Canaan Advertiser New Canaan/Darien/Rowayton Magazine New Canaan News The New Haven Register New Rochelle Review New York Cottages & Gardens New York Magazine The New York Observer New York Post The New York Times The New York Times Homes News 12 The Newtown Bee Ocean Home Our Berkshire Times Palm Beach Daily News Patch Quest The Real Deal Real Estate of Coastal Connecticut Real Trends Realtor.com Realtor Magazine The Register Citizen The Republican-American The Ridgefield Press RISMedia River Journal Robb Report

Rural Intelligence Rye Record Scarsdale 10583 The Scarsdale Inquirer Serendipity Shoreline Times Stamford Advocate Stratford Star The Sunday Times (UK) Taste of Life (Canada) Tatler (UK and Hong Kong) The Telegraph (UK) Top Agent Top Ten Real Estate Deals Town & Country Unique Homes USA Today Variety Voices WAG The Wall Street Journal The Week Westchester County Business Journal Westchester Magazine Westport Minuteman Westport News Westport Now Wilton Bulletin Yahoo! Zillow

About Andrew Wood Andrew Wood, Director of Content, manages William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty’s public relations, social media and content marketing efforts. In his role overseeing public relations, Andrew works to increase visibility for agents and their listings in significant media outlets, and has worked with real estate reporters with prominent publications such as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, writers with magazines such as Architectural Digest and The Week, television producers with programs such as NBC’s Open House and CBS’s Living Large, journalists with online outlets like Curbed and Zillow, and many more. He previously headed the Public Relations department at Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc., in New York City.


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