Hours after Paramount Global leadership laid out sweeping plans to scale back international content production and slash company headcount, an acquisition offer has been tabled for the troubled entertainment house. A $14.3 billion proposal from thespian-turned-tycoon Byron Allen, via Allen Media Group, has thrown the cat among the pigeons for Paramount Global, which in the dying days of 2023 had entered merger discussions with Warner Bros Discovery. The offer marks a premium of more than 47% on Paramount’s current market cap of $9.7 billion, as of writing, and would see payments exceed $30 billion, with Allen Media Group taking on Paramount’s $17 billion debt crater. This is a tidy jump from the doldrums of a $7.6 billion valuation for Paramount…