POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Jason K. Horowitz and Alexis
Critides, signing singly, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as a director of CKX, Inc. (the "Company"),
a Form ID, the Uniform Application for
Access Codes to File on EDGAR, in accordance
with Regulation S-T, promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the
"Securities Act") and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the
"Exchange Act") and Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and
on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to (i) complete
application for and generation of any and
all necessary codes to be used in the future
to file any statement required by either the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act on the
Securities and Exchange Commission's
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval system, and (ii) complete and
execute any Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
and timely file such Forms with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and
(3)	take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-
fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form
and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper
to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
with respect to securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this 4th day of May, 2006.

        /s/ Carl D. Harnick