Market Chatter: Paramount Could Pay Up to $500 Million More in Annual Interest on Warner Bros. Acquisition

05:35 PM EDT, 09/29/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Paramount Skydance (PSKY) plans to sell debt to finance the Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) acquisition could cost up to $500 million in extra annual interest compared with what it would have in May, Bloomberg reported late Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The extra interest on the $44 billion of bond issuance could cost even more, potentially 100 to 150 basis points over what Paramount would have originally paid, which equals $450 million to over $600 million a year, according to the report. Paramount Skydance did not immediately respond to a request for comment from MT Newswires. (Market Chatter news is derived from conversations with market professionals globally. This information is believed to be from reliable sources but may include rumor and speculation. Accuracy is not guaranteed.)