Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LumiNola When Angelica Nwandu launched The Shade Room on Instagram in 2014 its main focus was to platform cultural issues of ...

There was a point when celebrity gossip lived in supermarket tabloids and late-night entertainment segments. “The Shade Room” did not invent the appetite for that content, but it understood something ...

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. — In 2014, Angelica “Angie” Nwandu felt as if the world was closing in on her. Broke, unemployed and facing eviction, the aspiring screenwriter and grad-school reject needed a ...

*Angelica Nwandu, founder of The Shade Room, revealed that she turned down several acquisition offers exceeding $100 million, explaining that she was unwilling to compromise the platform’s editorial ...

When Angelica Nwandu launched The Shade Room on Instagram in 2014 its main focus was to platform cultural issues of interest to Black audiences. Now, a decade later, the media company has expanded to ...