Question of the day: Do publishers push too many metrics?

Are there too many metrics? Brands may want to see every detail, but agencies with their varied priorities often need a sherpa to guide them through the treacherous peaks and passes of media metrics.  We sat down with Samantha Skey, CRO of SheKnows, at the Digiday Publishing Summit in Vail, Colorado for a fireside chat about how publishers can help their partners navigate a path through the whiteout data conditions of a metrics blizzard.

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