As for Murdoch’s discussions with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) about getting that company to pay it to remove its content from Google, Huffington called it one of a series of “desperate revenue models” under consideration and said she did not believe it would come to pass. She noted that news publishers—like the NYT—had repeatedly delayed plans to even make decisions about introducing paywalls: “Free content is not without problems, but it’s here to stay and publishers need to come to terms with that.”

Of course, the Huff Post‘s free model isn’t making it profits right now, although Huffington did say that the site’s advertising revenue continued to increase.

We didn’t listen in to Murdoch’s talk Staci covered Murdoch’s talk (via Twitter here), which included his usual themes. “To paraphrase a great economist, there is no such thing as a free news story,” Murdoch said, insisting News Corp’s plans to charge will ensure “fair, modest’ fees. He also, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report, had harsh words for sites that he said were engaged in “wholesale misappropriation” of articles. “These people are not investing in journalism,” Murdoch said. “They’re feeding off the hard-earned efforts and investments of others.”

You can watch the discussion live here and here’s a transcript of Huffington’s remarks. We’ll update throughout the day with highlights.