diff --git a/tools/skp/webpages_playback.py b/tools/skp/webpages_playback.py
index 62feaa9..10f1a29 100644
--- a/tools/skp/webpages_playback.py
+++ b/tools/skp/webpages_playback.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 # How many times the record_wpr binary should be retried.
 RETRY_RECORD_WPR_COUNT = 5
 # How many times the run_benchmark binary should be retried.
-RETRY_RUN_MEASUREMENT_COUNT = 5
+RETRY_RUN_MEASUREMENT_COUNT = 3
 
 # Location of the credentials.json file in Google Storage.
 CREDENTIALS_GS_PATH = 'playback/credentials/credentials.json'
@@ -290,7 +290,9 @@
           '--page-set-name=%s' % page_set_basename,
           '--page-set-base-dir=%s' % page_set_dir,
           '--skp-outdir=%s' % TMP_SKP_DIR,
-          '--also-run-disabled-tests'
+          '--also-run-disabled-tests',
+          # See skbug.com/7348
+          '--story-filter-exclude="(digg|worldjournal)"',
       )
 
       for _ in range(RETRY_RUN_MEASUREMENT_COUNT):
@@ -298,20 +300,16 @@
           print '\n\n=======Capturing SKP of %s=======\n\n' % page_set
           subprocess.check_call(' '.join(run_benchmark_cmd), shell=True)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-          # skpicture_printer sometimes fails with AssertionError but the
-          # captured SKP is still valid. This is a known issue.
-          pass
-
-        # Rename generated SKP files into more descriptive names.
-        try:
-          self._RenameSkpFiles(page_set)
-          # Break out of the retry loop since there were no errors.
-          break
-        except Exception:
           # There was a failure continue with the loop.
           traceback.print_exc()
           print '\n\n=======Retrying %s=======\n\n' % page_set
           time.sleep(10)
+          continue
+
+        # Rename generated SKP files into more descriptive names.
+        self._RenameSkpFiles(page_set)
+        # Break out of the retry loop since there were no errors.
+        break
       else:
         # If we get here then run_benchmark did not succeed and thus did not
         # break out of the loop.