The naked truth: Now people will really read Playboy for the articles after magazine decides to stop publishing nude photos

Playboy will stop publishing the photographs of fully nude women with which it is so closely associated, declaring such pictures have become "passe" in the internet age where free pornography is readily available.

The decision came after a top editor of the adult magazine met founder Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion last month, chief executive Scott Flanders said.

Starting in March, Playboy's revamped print edition will still include photographs of women in provocative poses. They just won't be nude any more, Flanders told The New York Times.

"You're now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it's just passe at this juncture," he said.