Playboy Magazine Abandons Nude Photos: "It's So Passe" Celebrity News Oct. 13, 2015 AT 5:45AM By Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon [Comments] [Email] Hugh Hefner's Playboy magazine will no longer feature nude women Hugh Hefner's Playboy magazine will no longer feature nude women No more nudes! Playboy magazine is undergoing a redesign — and will no longer publish pictures of nude women! PHOTOS: Playboy's sexiest celeb models The decision, taken by Playboy founder and current editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner, 89, came during a meeting last month, and magazine execs have told the New York Times that the move will bring the publication more in line with modern thinking. The mag, which first published in 1953, will still feature pictures of women in "provocative poses" but will abandon the publication of totally nude, pornographic images. Since the advent of the Internet, such photographs are no longer commercially viable. Playboy's first cover in 1953 Playboy's first cover in 1953 PHOTOS: Pamela Anderson's Playboy covers "You are now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it's just passe at this juncture," Playboy chief executive Scott Flanders told the New York Times. Heff and some of his bunnies hit the Grammys Heff and some of his bunnies hit the Grammys Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images There will still be a Playmate of the Month, but the pictures will be “PG-13,” the magazine's content manager, Cory Jones, said, adding that the images will have an Instagram feel about them (“[They'll be] a little more accessible, a little more intimate,” he said). It is not yet decided whether there will still be a centerfold. Darine Stern appeared on the cover of Playboy in 1971 Darine Stern appeared on the cover of Playboy in 1971 Read more: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/playboy-magazine-to-drop-nude-pictures-20151310#ixzz3oSDjsLQY Follow us: @usweekly on Twitter | usweekly on Facebook

Hugh Hefner's Playboy magazine will no longer feature nude women

No more nudes! Playboy magazine is undergoing a redesign — and will no longer publish pictures of nude women!
PHOTOS: Playboy's sexiest celeb models
The decision, taken by Playboy founder and current editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner, 89, came during a meeting last month, and magazine execs have told the New York Times that the move will bring the publication more in line with modern thinking.
The mag, which first published in 1953, will still feature pictures of women in "provocative poses" but will abandon the publication of totally nude, pornographic images. Since the advent of the Internet, such photographs are no longer commercially viable.

Playboy's first cover in 1953

PHOTOS: Pamela Anderson's Playboy covers
"You are now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it's just passe at this juncture," Playboy chief executive Scott Flanders told the New York Times.

Heff and some of his bunnies hit the Grammys
Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

There will still be a Playmate of the Month, but the pictures will be “PG-13,” the magazine's content manager, Cory Jones, said, adding that the images will have an Instagram feel about them (“[They'll be] a little more accessible, a little more intimate,” he said). It is not yet decided whether there will still be a centerfold.

Darine Stern appeared on the cover of Playboy in 1971